Attorney General John M. Formella announces that the New Hampshire Department of Justice is asking the public to share any information they might have about the 2020 Labor Day weekend homicide of Michael Kenneth Mowry III, age 19, of Rochester, New Hampshire.
“Mikie was a generous and loving kid who cherished his family, especially his three younger brothers, who really looked up to him. He was incredibly affectionate and gave the best hugs. When we told him we loved him, he always responded, ‘I love you more.’ He had just moved into his first apartment and had everything to look forward to. He loved playing baseball and was in talks with a coach from Great Bay about playing for their team. Now, we will never see him play baseball or witness the adult he would have grown into. The agony of his murder has been unbearable, made even harder because we don’t know who did this or why,” said Aimee Lussier, remembering her late son.
Investigators can now publicly confirm that the teenager, found fatally shot inside his bedroom at 64 Monroe Drive, Apartment 1, in Rochester, was the victim of a home invasion robbery carried out around 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, August 30, 2020, by four masked adult male suspects.
Investigators have identified a vehicle used by the masked individuals to flee the scene and now believe the men responsible for this homicide have ties to the Haverhill, Massachusetts/greater Merrimack Valley area of northeastern Massachusetts.
Other young residents living at the home with Mowry have been interviewed, have cooperated with law enforcement, and are not considered suspects.
The shooting was reported to 911 around 3:15 a.m. Responding officers found the teen deceased. An autopsy determined that his cause of death was a gunshot wound to the neck, and the manner of his death was ruled a homicide.
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