s still no sign of woman from after she does here. >> were just really hoping that she shows up and comes back. shelley: both sides their arguments over whether one of owing look brees convictions should be thrown out. experts weigh in on the ice the verdict will be tossed. haley: winter to expect rain and how long it last. tom: as heroin deaths rise in, funeral homes are experiencing it first hand. shelley: and in 2005, governor john lynch led the response to else gets devastating floods. the lasting impression the disaster left on him. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do.

tom: and chester police are concerned something may have happened to a woman who' s been missing for more than two weeks, now that her roommate has been found dead in by parent suicide. shelley: sue hutchinson and stephen andrade lived together on caleb wrote. they both disappeared last month. stephanie joins us live with more on that. stephanie: manchester police have been searching for sue hutchinson since our family reported her missing on september 20. now police and neighbors are even more concerned. >> we' re just really hoping that she shows up, and just comes back. >> chris peffer has lived in the upper apartment of 169 calef road for 5 years. he says his lower-level neighbor 57-year-old sue hutchinson was always there. >> sue' s been here since before i lived here. she' s just a homebody and always around. just a helpful lady. never had anything mean to say.

>> but on september 20 she disappeared. peffer says she left all her clothes food and her beloved dog in the house. >> it just didn' t seem right that she up and left with all her stuff behind. >> but hutchinson' s roommate 36-year-old steven andrade disappeared at the same time. manchester police say andrade was last seen driving hutchinson' s silver bmw. which was found monday in merrimack. on tuesday andrade' s body was found in a motel 6 in tewksbury, massachusetts where he apparently shot and killed himself. >> the fact that there' s a self-inflicted gunshot wound by steven andrade we' re starting to be more concerned that something untoward may have happened to sue hutchinson. >> police say andrade had been dating hutchinson' s daughter. although the two broke up they say there were no reported problems between hutchinson and andrade. peffer says he hopes that hutchinson just ran away after some trouble and prays that she' s safe. >> if it' s something as simple as her just taking off, sue, if you'

re out there and have a change of heart and want to come back. if anyone knows where she is, you know, the family' s dying to know, we' re dying to know. steph: if you have any information or know where sue hutchinson could be please call manchester police. live in manchester stephanie woods wmur news 9. tom: police are looking for an inmate who walked away from halfway house in concord. officials say robert mozeika of left the halfway house for work this morning and left his work site and didn' t return. call your local police department if you know where he is. shelley: a judge will decide if one of the convictions about -- against a former st. paul school student will stand. oh liberty was convicted of several crimes.

the request that the case be put aside. >> the state response is 23 pages and states why they think it should stand. >> the chance of the judge actually dismissing or setting aside the verdict in this case is very small. >> oh and debris -- owen labrie was convicted of a charge that basically says he used the internet to your of 15-year-old fort sexual assault. >> the defense has filed a motion specifically trageting the one felony conviction, because they are doing everything they can to avoid having mr labrie have to report for the rest of his life as a sex offender. >> legal analyst david ruoff says the response filed by the state thursday, makes the point that its too late now to object to something a jury was considering as the trial wrapped

>> under the law, the defense is required to object to jury instructions at the time that they are given. and the state' s objection really is very simple, which is you didn' t object to the when the jury was instructed on how they were to apply the law on this case and so it' s too late for you to raise it now. >> ruoffs says the state goes on to say the of certain uses of computer services prohibited charges doesn' t differentiate between people who are acquainted and involved in a sexual assault, and anonymous people prowling the internet looking for victims. >> and says there is ample evidence to support the conviction and by the way, the court should not be reading words into the statute that are not there and that the legislature put there. >> the judge will likely hold a hearing. >> i don' t expect any additional documents will be filed. it' s really pretty well explained in the states objections and the motion filed by the defense. suzanne: the judge has 60 days to issue an order but it' s likely it will made before the

october 29 sentencing date. live in the studio suzanne roantree wmur news 9 tom: a judge has denied a request to reduce his sentence for a man who gave a friend heroine that led to his death. his friend at a party. it was argued the rest of his because he' s been an exemplary prisoner for eight years. shelley: the department of health and human services says this year new hampshire is averaging 27 drug-related deaths a month. 91% of those are related to opioids, especially heroine and fentanyl. one of the people seeing that increase firsthand is the president of new england largest family-owned funeral home.

grim reality. >> it' s a sad trend and it' s happened over the last two or three years in terms of our firm being asked by the medical examiner' s office, by families, to respond to heroine dess throughout the new hampshire market. shelley: he said they have responded to 50 opioids as so far this year. most of those he said attributed to heroine overdoses. >> ten years ago if we had a younger person that passed away from a drug overdose it was, oh my god look what happened. this 18-year-old woman passed away, and it was shocking. fast forward 10 years it' s almost de-sensitized my staff. >> phaneuf says the average age of those who have died is 32-years-old and the majority have been women. another trend he' s now seeing, families using obituaries and social media to tell people

>> families are using a really tragic event as a way to educate the public, saying this is what happened to my son. this is what happened to my dad. we don' t want it to happen again. shelley: and like so many other people, phaneuf is hoping addicts can get the treatment they need, so there are less overdose deaths. >> for my staff and the families that we have to serve, i hope this issue goes away and goes away fairly quickly. shelley: a recent wmur-granite state poll listed heroin as the number one problem facing the state. state leaders are urging people who need treatment for addiction to go online to nh treatment.org. some in the treatment community say there' s a big difference between availability of treatment and the ability to access it. melissa crews of hope for new hampshire recovery says the state should exert pressure on insurance companies to cover more treatment services. >> we have a kid here that' s been hanging out here with us for a couple weeks, living in a tent down by the river.

he really wants recovery and doesn' t qualify for any. shelley: the new hampshire providers association says the most important thing someone struggling with addiction can do is get an assessment to determine the level of care they need. tom: senator jeanne shaheen is in europe tonight, leading a delegation that' s reviewing the syrian refugee crisis. the group will look at how germany and greece are handling the influx of refugees, and look at the impact of russia' s aggression into the ukraine. due to security, the trip wasn' t made public until after the delegation already left. this morning, president obama signed a bill into law that senator shaheen authored to fix a flaw in the affordable care act. the law will now block insurance rate increases for many small businesses. a super-pac ad urging vice race for president is no longer running. the vice president had signaled he preferred that ad not be on the air. draft biden is an independent

group that has been calling on the vice president to run for president. biden has yet to make a decision about the presidential race, saying he' s not sure he' s ready after the death of his son. shelley: a merrimack native has become the first division one men' s basketball coach to come out as gay. chris burns is an assistant coach at bryant university in rhode island. he came out publicly in a personal essay posted on the website outsports.com. he says meeting other members of the lgbt community at a sports summit made him realize the importance of telling his story. bryant university says it fully supports burns. the first class of a new leadership program at dartmouth -- dartmouth hitchcock medical center was recognized today in concord. there were 30 graduates. they are group of health care professionals at dartmouth who have completed a six-month program designed to create and

>> what we want to do is make new hampshire the model for this country. the leadership fellowship will allow us to do that and retain, as i' ve said, the brightest and best right here at home at dartmouth hitchcock. shelley: organizers say they hope to graduate three classes per year. tom: a long line at barnes and noble in manchester tonight to see anne romney and get her book signed. mitt romney' s wife has written a book called " in this together, my story." it details her successes and struggles in the battle against multiple sclerosis. romney was diagnosed with m.s. in 1997. and while the disease can' t be cured, it can be managed. she says she has had so many up and downs but she wrote the book for others who face the same challenges. >> i couldn' t function anymore i was not able to take care of my family or do anything. i was just barely able to take care of myself, and the coming through that and getting better, for me i want the people to know , there is hope. and that life is bueatiful and worth living.

tom: romney added that her husband has no interest in jumping back into the presidential race. shelley: it was a natural disaster that changed the town of ousted forever. >> the place was devastated, as we know. shelley: coming up on news 9 tonight former governor john lynch tells us about his response plan in the days following the deadly flooding and the lasting positive memory he has from those difficult days. haley: we' ve had another long stretch of sunny, dry weather that'

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so that this country takes off and soars where people can dream the biggest possible dreams... and pursue them with a vengeance. (applause) jeb. proven conservative. real results. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. shelley: one of the americans who stopped a shooter on the french train is now hospitalized after he was stabbed. police say airman first class spencer stone was stabbed during a fight outside a bar in california early this morning. the hospital says he is in serious condition. stone and two friends jumped into action this summer when a man opened fire while they were on a train in france. the last obstacle to approving a fund to help victims of a train derailment in quebec is gone. tom: a runaway train with 72 oil tankers derailed in quebec, in july 2013 bursting into flames, and killing 47 people.

dropped its objections to the settlement fund for victims and $338 million families of those killed. at this hour, 10 years ago, evacuations were underway in alstead, as the water was rapidly rising. governor john lynch was one of the key figures in the town' s recovery even going so far as to , give out his personal cell phone number to residents. wmur' s jennifer vaughn sat down with former governor lynch to hear his memories of this disaster. jennifer as the rain pounded : alstead, then-governor john lynch was halfway around the world. >> the mission was to germany, ukraine and chezch republic. jennifer the trade mission was : not to be. as lynch arrived in berlin, an urgent phone call came in. >> i got on the next plane which was 45 minutes later and , returned home, went to eoc and alstead the next morning out. what he saw was horrifying. jenniferwhat he saw was horrifying. : >> the place was devastated, as we know.

destroyed. lost their lives. communication was down, people didn' t have power. it was a mess. jennifer as he toured the town, everyone he saw. on it, his personal cell phone number. >> i wanted people to be able to call me direct, if they had a problem big or small, if i heard about it i could then contact the right people and make sure that problem was solved. state departments were jennifer activated, then the : federal government and non-profits. helpful, but the governor says alstead takes care of each other. every last one. >> i remember one night during debriefing we learned everyone had received generators except 8 families. well a bunch of people got , together before nightfall to ensure those families had generators. that'

alstead. his lasting image is not the jenniferhis lasting image is not the disaster. : but the bonds of a community. >> it was a disaster, it was a tragedy, but i think it really reflects new hampshire at its very best. tom: you can watch our entire interview with governor lynch on wmur.com. there you will also find more stories from her special half-hour show about the anniversary. go to wmur.com/special reports. haley: we do have some rain coming our way. the heaviest -- not as heavy as what they saw 10 years ago. the clouds are on their way. we have clear skies but that will not be the case as we go through the next couple of hours as clouds begin to move in. today was actually a really nice day.

right sunshine in if you were really warm. of year is 64 and we got there today. it was a bit cooler up in the and berlin. here is where we sit right now. s, close to freezing up north now. about 48 degrees in manchester. some cool stuff, and the reason is we still have clear skies across much of the state. when we have clear skies the temperatures really take a big dip. but we won' t continue this big dip through the overnight because of the clouds rolling in . temperatures will bottom out over the next couple of hours. clouds continued to fill in and rain showers are getting closer and closer. you can see toronto in buffalo, some heavier rain showers out in that area. that is the stuff that will move through. it gets here by the early

half of this eight but then in the midday hours or most other locations, especially the southern part of the state. tomorrow morning a lot of us will wake up and it would just be cloudy and kind of dismal and great. in the rain comes through midday and during the early afternoon and there could be a couple of downforce coming through. after 3:00 in the afternoon the steadiest of rain will be gone but a smattering of scattered showers the evening hours, self you have friday night plans, be prepared for some wet weather. it will not rain the entire time but there will be' s scattered showers moving through. the good news is all of this is gone by early on saturday. other than lingering clouds apache fog saturday morning, we are back to sunshine and it will be beautiful through the day. low 60' s on saturday. sunday, a few more clouds

here is the forecast for overnight tonight, 30' s up north, 40' s almost everywhere else including concord. about 47 in manchester. tomorrow will be kind of a gray day with rain from midday on and then scattered showers in the evening. the foliage going on in the northern part of the state and high color for a lot of the rest of the state from north of the lakes region, modern -- moderate cover for southern new hampshire. temperatures warming up, so it will be comfortable when you' re stepping out of the car and taking pictures of the beautiful foliage. then little cooler as we head into next week. tom: a lot of people have columbus day off. ,: let' s get over to jamie and

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jamie former bu superstar jack : eichel wasted no time getting his first career nhl goal. in his first game, at home with ottawa, he scores on the backside with a wrister. he grew up playing youth hockey in nashua. he is only 18-years-old now buffalo lost the game 3-1 lets get this season started that was what happened in boston , tonight, as the bruins hosted the winnipeg jets on the opening s season. the bruins will try to make it back to the playoffs after first period, first goal of the missing out last season. year for the black and gold. led the b' s in preseason heled the b' s in preseason scoring.

3 goals for the bad guys in the 2nd period, and it' s a former bruin that gives them the lead, blake wheeler. 3-1 winnipeg after 2 periods. pasternak scored early in the third. bruins will play at the new jersey devils friday night. game one of the american league divisional series. texas rangers at the toronto blue jays. robinson chirinos, two run homer. off david price. the rangers win game one 5-3. top of the night, astros winning 5-2. if they hold on, all four playoff games so far will have been won by the road team. the celtics continue their preseason in italy. they played real madrid this afternoon. the celtics were a bit sloppy in this one. jared sullinger with a nice steal, but then he air-mails it into the crowd for a turnover. avery bradley loses the defender

3. celts up by 3 points. they will play the 76ers in manchester two weeks from tomorrow. college soccer umass lowell at , unh. the annual think pink game for the wildcats. first half, tied at one. veronica hardy with the cross. kelsey pratt finishes the play with a goal. 2-1 new hampshire. they each scored twice. monarchs media day tonight at the holloway fiat dealership in manchester. it was a chance for media members and fans to mingle with the new team. the echl affiliate started training camp earlier this week and will play their first two exhibition games this weekend. >> a good first few days of practice. the guys have been working hard. guys have been pushing each other in camp and we look for to seeing guys in the exhibition season this weekend. >> we' ve got a little bit of everything. we have some big bodies in the back in and up front.

i think first we will just have to try to keep it simple and get the chemistry going but as the season rolls on, we will see a team that' s got a little bit of everything. jamie: our hometown hero competed at her first triathlon at the age of 12. team usa in the itu triathlon world championships in chicago. triathlete in college. >> it usually i just finished school and go straight to practice and then straight home, dinner, homework. i do homework in the car. any chance i have to do homework, i' m doing homework, just so i can maximize my sleeping and training time after school. jamie: good luck to her. unh field hockey, has a couple of rivalry games ahead. they host vermont tomorrow afternoon, and then host #10

boston college on sunday afternoon. >> it' s so exciting. i think it' s going to be awesome this weekend. >> good luck to them. tomorrow night, friday night football. tom: still to come on news9 tonight. if you feel you just can' t express yourself with only a like on facebook there could be a solution on the way. shelley: the new way to react that facebook is testing. dunkin' donuts smoked sausage breakfast sandwich. savory...smoky... and unmistakably flavorful. get your day going with one today.

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