LANCASTER, N.H. – An investigation is underway after one person was found deceased in a vehicle submerged in the Connecticut River over the weekend.

On Saturday, Oct. 5, at approximately 9 a.m., the New Hampshire State Police Marine Patrol Unit was notified of a vehicle in the river along Route 135 in Lancaster. Officers responded, along with members of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department dive team, who located the vehicle and recovered the body of an adult male.

The victim has been identified as Stephen Paquette, 41, of Littleton. Paquette had been reported missing to the Littleton Police Department on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, and was reported to have been last seen on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, by family members.

The circumstances of Paquette’s death remain under investigation, and the New Hampshire Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is scheduled to perform an autopsy to determine his cause and manner of death.

More information here: https://indepthnh.org/2024/10/06/missing-man-found-in-submerged-vehicle/

The Marine Patrol Unit was assisted at the scene by State Troopers from Troop F as well as members of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, Lancaster Police Department, B & B Towing Service, and the New Hampshire Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Anyone with information that may assist the investigation is asked to contact Marine Patrol Officer Mark Schofield at (603) 293-2037 or Mark.T.Schofield@dos.nh.gov.