The murder suspect charged in the double homicide of a Concord couple pleaded not guilty on Wednesday and waived his arraignment.
Logan Clegg, 26, was brought back to New Hampshire from Vermont this week to face second-degree murder charges. He is accused of shooting Steve and Wendy Reid while they were walking on a trail near their home in April.
Clegg fled the state in the days following the discoveries of their bodies, police said, and was deemed a person of interest six months later before he was formally charged last week.
On Wednesday, Merrimack County Superior Court Judge John Kissinger ordered Clegg held without bail “based on clear and convincing evidence that the defendant’s release will endanger the safety of the defendant or of the public.” Clegg has the right to request a bail hearing at a later date.
A copy of the affidavit that details much of the evidence against Clegg was sealed by Kissinger at the request of the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office.
“This is common as far as any homicide case if the investigation is still open and ongoing,” said Michael Garrity, director of communications for the Attorney General’s Office.
New Hampshire prosecutors asked for a similar affidavit submitted to the court by police in South Burlington, Vt. to be sealed but Judge Mary Morrisey denied the request, saying there was no legal authority to do so.
The Vermont affidavit detailed Concord’s investigation over the last six months leading to Clegg’s arrest.
The investigation, which included searches of video, phone and bank records, ballistics testing and multiple trips to the crime scene and a nearby tent site, ultimately brought police to a Vermont library where Clegg was taken into custody.
Following his arrest and a search of his campsite in Vermont, police said the New Hampshire State Police Forensic Laboratory was able to determine that the Glock 17 handgun found in Clegg’s tent was a match for the bullets, fragments and casings found at the crime scene and the Concord tent site, according to court documents.
The Vermont affidavit is very similar to the one submitted in New Hampshire, Garrity said.
“More specifically, there are more details related to the investigation,” Garrity said. “The other one was a more condensed version that was given to our partner in Vermont and our version here is a longer form.”
Police and prosecutors have not discussed a possible motive for the crime, which remains under investigation by the Concord Police Department.
Clegg will appear for a disposition hearing at a later date, court officials said.