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Jesus Santos

Case from Nashua, NH dated Dec 30, 1987

Victim Details

Jesus Santos

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Nashua

NH

1987-12-30

22

Jesus

Santos

Primary Suspect Deceased

06/27/2026

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Jesus Santos, 22, male, of Nashua, New Hampshire, was shot and killed on the night of December 30, 1987, during a two-city rampage that began in Nashua and spilled into Londonderry. Police said the gunman first entered separate apartments in Nashua and fatally shot two men—one of them Santos—before driving to an apple orchard warehouse in Londonderry, where he killed one worker and critically wounded another, then returned to Nashua and shot a fifth man who survived. Witness accounts and ear ...
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    Has anyone else been reflecting on how eerily quiet that New Year’s Eve must have been in Nashua b... ...Read More
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    Has anyone else been looking into the life of Jesus Santos before the tragedy? From what I could gat... ...Read More
    11/22/2023
    After reading about the 1987 tragedy in Nashua, NH, I've been thinking a lot about the impact on the... ...Read More
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