The wife of a prominent doctor has been found dead and her husband unconscious in their New Hampshire home - six weeks after the pair were both brutally beaten in a savage home invasion at their $1.4 million residence.
Sonia Quesada was declared dead on arrival in a suspected suicide by paramedics at her mother-in-law's Bedford condominium and Dr. Eduardo Quesada was taken to Catholic Medical Center in Manchester for treatment.
Police Chief John Bryfonski said that police were able to communicate with Dr. Quesada, but would not elaborate on what was said except that a 'large amount of prescription medication' was recovered from the scene and neither husband or wife showed any signs of trauma.
The couple's 2-year-old daughter was not at the home during the incident and police said that she was in the custody of a family member.
Emergency services were called by relatives to the home at around 10 a.m. on Monday after family members could not reach the Quesadas by telephone, after they failed to show up for a planned meeting earlier in the day.
Chief Bryfonski said that there were no signs of forced entry and that police had to break down the door to gain entry to the home of Norma Quesada, 81, the mother of the doctor.
In addition, no forced entry was evident prior to officers entering the home and no one else was found inside the residence.
In November, Quesada and his wife were both hospitalised with serious injuries after an attack at their Bedford home.
The couple provided police with a description of a six-foot-tall man wearing a black ski mask and dark clothing who broke in and beat them both unconscious.
At the time police said that the attack may have been random and following this incident, authorities said that they were treating it as a separate matter.
Julie Taylor, president of The Mews at Bedford, the 55-plus community where Dr. and Mrs. Quesada were living, said she had made no connection between Norma Quesada and Eduardo Quesada.
'I think that's one of the reasons why the whole incident on Proclamation Court was upsetting ... (was) the fact that there weren't answers for it,' Taylor said.
In November, Dr. Eduardo Quesada, 52, and his wife Sonia were attacked in their Bedford home on Saturday after an apparent break-in at their 2.7 acre $1.4million property.
Though they initially reported it as a home invasion-burglary, all theories were being investigated in the wake of revelations that the doctor was arrested last year for a domestic assault.
Dr Quesada faced simple assault and obstructing the report of a crime or injury from the November 2011 domestic disturbance call but they were dropped.
'We're not making any connections at this point,' said police chief John Bryfonski after the November 24th home attack.
'The homeowners were obviously confronted by a person or persons of interest.
'We're looking for and expanding the search for evidence at the scene to help investigators unravel what may have happened there.'
After the November incident police were called by Sonia Quesada.
The doctor's wife was able to rush to her neighbour's home covered in blood after escaping her assailant and knock on their door to raise the alarm.
At the time, police said that Mrs. Quesada had been attacked but was only able to provide a vague description of her assailant.
'Very, very general and nonspecific and not something that would be useful or helpful to release at this point,' Bryfonski said.
Arriving at the home, police discovered the couple's two-year-old child and Dr. Quesada lying on the floor so injured that police initially thought he was dead.
Back in November, authorities did not say whether the family was targeted, or whether anything was stolen.
The house was put on the market for $1.4million and was in contract at the time of the attack.
While the police keep their cards close to their chest the involvement of the DEA and Dr. Quesada's position as a respected anesthesiologist at the Elliot Hospital Pain Management Center in Manchester may be linked.
'It could have potentially been a hostage situation,' chief Bryfonski said. 'That was a consideration, that was part of the plan, but the overarching concern was the safety of the homeowner and the child.'
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