There has been a shocking update on the murder of a five-year-old boy who was killed on Christmas Eve in 2019.
The death of 5-year-old Dennis “Boo” Vaughn Jr. was ruled a homicide after he was discovered inside a two-story home in Laconia, New Hampshire, with blunt force trauma to the head and neck.
At the time of his death, the boy was in the home with several family members, but no arrests have been made in the case… until now.
It has been revealed that Boo’s grandmother, Sherry Connor, 61, has been arrested and charged in connection with her death.
Connor faces multiple charges, ranging from manslaughter by reckless endangerment to assault, witness tampering and negligent homicide, according to a joint statement from the New Hampshire State Police and the Laconia Police Department.
The death of 5-year-old Dennis “Boo” Vaughn Jr. was ruled a homicide after he was discovered inside a two-story townhouse in Laconia, New Hampshire, with blunt force trauma to the head and neck.
It has been revealed that Boo’s grandmother, Sherry Connor, 61, has been arrested and charged in connection with her death.
Law enforcement announced Friday that Connor will be arraigned in Belknap County Superior Court at a later date.
His shocking arrest comes nearly five years after the devastating murder that has been extensively documented by New Hampshire media.
Connor had been the prime suspect because the toddler had died in her apartment, but she allegedly claimed he had died of “natural causes,” despite autopsy results showing otherwise.
Locals and officials were baffled by the case for years and horrified that the case had not been solved.
Locals and officials were baffled by the case for years and horrified that the case had not been solved.
Locals rallied around the Vaughan family to try to bring justice to the little boy.
A local woman, July Anderson, walked into the Laconia mayor’s office in October 2023 with a photo of Boo to remind the mayor that the murder was unsolved.
She started a GoFundMe – which raised $3,000 for the family.
“The Vaughan family had their sweet, adorable 5-year-old son and brother, Dennis Vaughan, Jr., murdered in the most shocking and brutal way,” the GoFundMe said.
‘His nickname was Boo. Sadly, Boo was murdered on Christmas Eve 2019 and his murder remains unsolved more than three years later.’
Anderson spent her career investigating reports of abuse in the Division of Children, Youth and Families.
At the time of his death, the boy was in the home with several family members, but no arrests have been made in the case… until now.
Laconia Family Court records show that in April 2018, Connor (his grandmother) was appointed guardian of the boy.
“It’s in my nature to say something is wrong here. Something is not right,” he said of Boo’s case.
Boo’s mother, Danielle Vaughan, 31, said shortly after his death: “My heart is broken. I’m dying inside knowing I did everything I could to get him and my other children out of the house but no one listened to me.”
At the time of the boy’s fatal injury, Danielle was trying to regain custody of her children from her mother, her maternal grandmother, Connor.
Laconia Family Court records show that in April 2018, Connor was appointed guardian of the boy. That guardianship was part of a plan for the boy, who was in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services.