
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, August 1, 1993                   TAG: 9308010101
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON, N.H.                                LENGTH: Short

SLAYING IS TOWN'S 1ST IN 2 CENTURIES

A woman was arrested for allegedly killing her husband in what the town historian said was this New England hamlet's first homicide in more than 200 years.

Police found John Castrios, 45, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds Friday at his home after neighbors reported hearing three to five shots. Castrios, a backhoe operator, was pronounced dead at Concord Hospital.

His wife, France Castrios, 42, was charged with first-degree murder, police said.

"It ends more than 200 years of innocence," said town historian Ronald Jager. He said the crime was the first homicide since the town of 650 was incorporated in 1776.

- Associated Press

Keywords:
FATALITY

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