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New Hampshire man accused of killing his grandmother with a hammer

The 76-year-old woman was found dead at her home Saturday. An autopsy determined she died of blunt force trauma to the head.

EASTON, N.H. — A 23-year-old man has been accused of killing his grandmother with a hammer in New Hampshire.

The man was being held without bail and was scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, the attorney general's office said in a news release.

It wasn't immediately known if he had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf. Court documents have not been filed in the case.

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The man's grandmother, 76, was found dead at her home in Easton on Saturday, the attorney general's office said. The grandson was arrested that night on a charge of second-degree murder.

An autopsy determined that the woman died of blunt force trauma to the head.

Easton is a town of about 300 people in New Hampshire's White Mountains, near the Vermont state line.

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