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Margaret Peggy Clarke

Case from Newport, NH dated May 07, 2019

Victim Details

Margaret Peggy Clarke

Female

White / Caucasian

Newport

NH

2019-05-07

75

Margaret

Peggy Clarke

08/05/2026

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On a spring afternoon in Newport, New Hampshire, the quiet of a Maple Street home was shattered by a 911 call reporting a shooting. Responding officers arrived at the residence on May 7, 2019, to a tragic scene. Inside, they discovered the body of 75-year-old Margaret "Peggy" Clarke, a long-time resident of the home she shared with her husband. An autopsy would later confirm that the female victim had died from a gunshot wound to the chest, and authorities officially ruled her death a homicide. ...
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  • UnionLeader.com: No charges for husband, 77, in Newport shooting death of his wife, 75
  • Valley News: Attorney General: Newport woman was killed by gunshot wound to chest
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