A former New Hampshire man was arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 45-year-old man in Hooksett, N.H., early Sunday morning, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said.
Dillon Sleeper, 26, formerly of Franklin, N.H., was charged with second-degree murder, New Hampshire officials said in a statement.
Sleeper will be arraigned in Merrimack County Superior Court Monday, the statement said.
An autopsy determined Jason Wirtz’s death was a homicide caused by a single stab wound to the neck, the statement said.
Hooksett police responded to a 911 call for a person lying partially in the road at 66 Main St. at 12:08 a.m. and found Wirtz unresponsive and bleeding from his neck upon their arrival, the statement said.
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Wirtz was pronounced dead after he was taken to Elliot Hospital in Manchester, the statement said.
The case remains under investigation.
Madison Mercado can be reached at madison.mercado@globe.com.