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Dover, NH Man Charged In Murders Of Wife, Father

DOVER, N.H. (AP) — A man charged with killing his wife and father in Dover, New Hampshire was due court Tuesday afternoon, but his arraignment was postponed. Jeramie Colella, 44, was arrested Monday for the murders of his wife, 43-year-old Joanna Colella and his father, 69-year-old Francis Colella.

Their bodies were found in a home on Tideview Drive Monday morning. The causes of their deaths have not been revealed yet. Autopsies will be done on Wednesday. A neighbor told WBZ-TV she heard "two loud bangs" between 7:30 and 8 p.m. Sunday.

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Police at the Tideview Estates on Monday, August 20. (Photo credit: WBZ-TV | Lisa Gresci)

Colella was scheduled to be arraigned on second-degree murder charges in Strafford County Superior Court. There was no reason given for the postponement.

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Jeramie Colella. (Photo credit: NH Attorney General)

No other information is available at this point in the investigation.

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