2 Arrested After Body Found In Haverhill NH

Third NH Person Arrested In Vt. Man's Death

Developmentally Disabled Vermont Man Stabbed In Men's Mobile Home

CONCORD, N.H. -- A 17-year-old New Hampshire woman has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a developmentally disabled Vermont man, the third person arrested in the case.

The state attorney general's office said Amber Talbot, of North Haverhill, N.H., has been arrested on one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Christopher Gray. She's been scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon.

Gray, 25, of Groton, Vt., had died of multiple stab wounds. He was found at a mobile home in Haverhill shared by Timothy Smith and Anthony Howe on Oct. 9.
Smith, 23, has been arrested on one count of second-degree murder in Gray's death and Howe, 18, was arrested on one count of hindering apprehension or prosecution.

Smith, who worked at a Wal-Mart with Gray, is being held without bail, and Howe's bail is currently set at $100,000 corporate surety or $10,000 cash.

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• October 10, 2008: 2 Arrested After Body Found In Haverhill

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Fourth Arrest Made In Connection With Haverhill Stabbing

Man Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Murder

HAVERHILL, N.H. -- A fourth person has been arrested in connection with the death of a Vermont man in North Haverhill.

Police said Michael Robie, 18, of 2477 Lime Kiln Road, North Haverhill, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Christopher Gray, 25, of Groton, Vt.

Gray's body was found on the property of 2477 Lime Kiln Road on Oct. 9.
Three people were previously charged in connection with the case. Timothy Smith, 23, was charged with second-degree murder; Anthony Howe, 18, was charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution; and Amber Talbot, 17, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

Police said all four of the people arrested lived at the Lime Kiln Road address.

An autopsy showed that Gray died of multiple stab wounds. Investigators have not released a suspected motive for the killing.

Previous Stories:

• October 29, 2008: Teen Charged With Working With Men To Kill Vermont Man
• October 10, 2008: Man Charged With Murder Held Without Bail
• October 9, 2008: Man Charged With Murder After Body Found In Haverhill

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Police say NH man plotted murder from jail

HAVERHILL, N.H. -- The latest person charged in the murder of a Vermont man in northern New Hampshire is accused of helping plot the murder while he was in jail.
Michael Robie, 18, is accused of plotting with three others to kill Christopher Gray, 25, of Groton, Vt., and telling them to destroy evidence. He is being held on $500,000 bail on a conspiracy to commit murder charge.
Gray's body was found on Oct. 9, buried on property near the trailer home where the four suspects live in Haverhill.
Robie is the father of a 2-month-old son with Amber Talbot, 17, who also has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Gray, Talbot and another defendant, Timothy Smith, 23, all worked at the Woodsville Wal-Mart.
Smith is being held on a second degree murder charge. The fourth suspect, Anthony Howe, 18, is being held on a charge of hindering apprehension.
Court papers say that in mid-September, Robie called the other three from jail and talked about killing Gray.
Late on the night of Oct. 7, the complaint alleges, Talbot dropped dropped off Smith, Howe and Gray at the trailer.
Soon after, according to the court complaint, "Anthony Howe grabbed Christopher Gray and told Timothy Smith to 'do it now."'
At about 2 a.m. Oct. 8, "Timothy Smith called Amber Talbot and said 'it was done,"' the complaint said.
Later that day, according to the complaint, "Timothy Smith and Anthony Howe buried Christopher Gray's body" on the property.

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