Multiple Arrests Made in Connection to Moving and Hiding Dead Body in New Hampshire

Five people, including Newport residents Laurel Ayotte, Christopher Ayotte Jr., Jacob Ayotte, and Candace Fontaine, have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit falsifying physical evidence and conspiracy to commit abuse of a corpse. They are accused of trying to move the body of 40-year-old Mark Hudson and other evidence from the scene of his death in New Hampshire. Ryan Palmer, a 32-year-old Sunapee resident, is also facing the same charges but has not been found yet. The cause of Hudson's death has not yet been determined.