A homeless man in Vermont will be brought back to New Hampshire to face second-degree murder charges in the deaths of Concord couple Steve and Wendy Reid.
Logan Clegg, 26, was initially considered a person of interest in the shooting deaths of the Concord couple and was charged with the crime Wednesday. Police say they believe Clegg acted alone and is their only suspect.
Clegg is accused of shooting the Reids multiple times on April 18 on a walking trail near the couple’s home. Clegg was taken into custody in South Burlington last week and has been held without bail on an unrelated charge out of Utah.
During his arraignment on Thursday at the Franklin County Superior Court, Clegg was ordered held without bail by Judge Mary Morrisey and voluntarily waived extradition. He will return back to the state of New Hampshire to answer to the charges filed by the Concord Police Department.
Given the more serious murder charges, Sally Adams of the Utah State Attorney’s Office announced the state would be dropping the charges of receiving stolen property, burglary and theft, all felonies; and failing to stop for officers, a misdemeanor, which Clegg was initially arrested on last week before he was deemed a person of interest in the homicides.
During the hearing, New Hampshire State Attorney John Formella made contact with Judge Morrisey to confirm that members of the Concord Police Department would arrive soon to transport Clegg back to Merrimack County. His next court hearing will be held at Merrimack County Superior Court at an undisclosed time.
According to court documents, two days after the murders when the Reids were reported missing on April 20, Concord police conducted a search of the wooded area behind their Alton Woods apartment when they came into contact with Clegg, who identified himself as “Arthur Kelly,” at his campsite in the woods.
The following day, police located the bodies of Steve and Wendy Reid off the Marsh Loop Trail, less than half a mile from their home. At the crime scene, police found several 9mm shell casings.
Suspicious of “Arthur Kelly,” who authorities nicknamed the “Mountain Dew Man” because he was holding several cans of Mountain Dew at the time of their encounter, police returned to his campsite, which was abandoned.
The murders remain under investigation by the Concord Police Department.
Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.