Might have come in contact with illegal drugs, including fentanyl. Good afternoon. Im adam sexton. The boys stepfather was arraigned this morning on multiple charges, including endangering the welfare of a child, drug possession, and falsifying evidence. Wmurs Jennifer Crompton with what we are learning about this tragic case. Jennifer it happened last wednesday morning in a Hampton Motel room. A 30yearold man finds his 19month old stepson unresponsive, takes him across the et police have charged leo witham with 2 felonies and a misdemeanor. They say they found an open package of fentanyl in the motel room, as well as a bottle of prescription lorazapam that they also charge witham with intentionally hiding under a childs blanket on the bed. Police are waiting for toxicology results to see how the child died, and more charges could be filed. The investigation is ongoing usually when these cases have been and there is an unintended death, we try to go back 24 hours in the persons history
Understanding. So its still preliminary, we need to come up with why the individual was there. We dont know if it was natural causes, accidental causes or something suspicious. Reporter Northwest Elementary School is right down the road from here. But chief will are says the that school has no connection to this incident. Anyone with information is asked to call Manchester Police. Wmur news 9. Josh tonight a hampton man behind bars as Police Investigation whether the fen that fill they found in his motel room played aa role in his stepsons death. That man took the toddler to the Fire Department because he was unresponsive. Jennifer crompton has more. Reporter police say they found the powerful opioid fentanyl out in the open in a motel room behind me where the man lived with his wife and two small sons. They also found a bottle of 30yearold leo with witham faces child endangerment and drug charges, Police Believe he had been alone with with the toddler when the boy died. They say the 1
Here. Its a decorative section of a seal that is right under the skylight, so it kind of like darkens the room a little bit. And its called a cloud feature. Reporter nashua fire says that Code Enforcement will determine wroo the restaurant gets cited. Mike cronin, wmur news 9. Jennifer now back to that breaking news in a High School Teacher has been arrested on child pornography charges. School officials tell us that the teacher submitted his letter of retirement effective immediately. Shelley walcott is live now from the Merrimack Police department with this tonight. Reporter this is a teacher who has taught in the merrimack district for 37 years. And as you said today he submitted his notice of retirement, after being arrested on child porn charges. 63yearold Robert Todd Wiley after receiving a tip columbus day weekend. Investigators say wiley had been meeting and conversing with a child under the age of 18 who happened to be one of his students. They say on several occasions wiley s
Users became sick. It is possible that these people may have had some social contact as well, were investigating that. Maybe they have had close contact to one another. But we are also concerned about whether the drugs themselves were contaminated at some point. Reporter state Officials Say they Want Health Care providers to be aware that this infection is out there, and to please report any cases that they see. Joining the search for a man who sped away from a task stop. An officer fired at hayden moon during the confrontation over the weekend. The car he was driving has been found, but moon has not. He does have extensive ties to the lakes region and authorities think he might still be in the area. And these are live pictures tonight inside the debate hall at the institute of politics on the campus of st. Anselm off our debate series tonight with the race for governor. Josh our latest poll shows the race between van ostern and sununu is still very close. Josh mcelveen is joining us l
So could be a touch of a wintery mix in parts of the Mount Washington valley into the great north woods. Back edge already approaching eastern new york, so that will be through by later tonight. But already signs of the next system bringing more beneficial rain our way before we get to the en of tomorrow. Well look at the timeline in a few minutes. Tom light rain and temperatures around the freezing mark made some roads ice rink this is morning. Jennifer and things were slow to improve especially north of type parts of 93 through Franconia Notch were closed. And a crash killed a 67yearold man. Suzanne roantree is live with more on that. Reporter the trouble began at about 7 30 this morning. Thats when a rain storm came through as the temperatures were below freezing. Our rush hour up here actually, and we had vehicles off the road everywhere. Icy. Froze quickly, took everybody by surprise. All of the roads in the area turned just to a sheet of ice. Reporter between 7 30 and 10 30 this