Update on Chamberlain murder

Upon reviewing the crime scene photos and reading the official incident report, I thought I'd share some more details.

When police and EMTs arrived at the scene, they found Mr. Chamberlain face down on the floor of his living room, his body contorted in such a way to suggest a fall down the stairs, which were to his immediate right. The coroner's report said he shattered bones in his right foot, so that also suggests a stair fall. Mr. Chamberlain was lying in a large pool of blood, that had soaked into the carpet. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and had likely been dead for 5-7 minutes. He likely died of blood loss.

Blood was found on the stairs, likely coming from his wounds, but there was also blood spattered on the wall at the top of the stairs, suggesting this was when Mr. Chamberlain's neck had been slashed at when evading his attacker.

Smaller puddles of blood lead from the top of the stairs to Mr. Chamberlain's bedroom. On the walls in the hallway, there is a trailed blood handprint belonging to Mr. Chamberlain. In his bedroom there were more puddles of blood, as well as his bloody footprints. There was a particularly large bloodstain on his bedsheets, suggesting Mr. Chamberlain had been asleep, facing up, when he was stabbed. Blood spatters on the sheets, headboard, and wall adjacent to the bed, suggest Mr. Chamberlain had been vigorously stabbed several times while in bed.

According to interviews with Abigail Hale and Grace Chamberlain, who were present at the time of the murder, they did not hear the commotion. This was likely due to Mr. Chamberlain's bedroom being heavily soundproofed. Both said they heard him yell "Grace!" then several bumps, as was heard in the video on Instagram.

Detectives at the scene were able to identify one blood footprint that did not belong to Mr. Chamberlain that they believe likely belonged to his attacker. There is the faint outline of a sole, belonging to what could be a man's shoe size 7-8 or woman's shoe size 8.5-9.5. There still don't seem to be any leads, however.

Investigators are still unsure of how the attacker got in the house. There are no signs of forced entry, however the doors were all locked.

I will update my blog with any new info. Thanks and stay safe.

Peter W. Chamberlain murdered

Photo courtesy of Carmen Gonzalez

Peter W. Chamberlain, editor of Nettlebrook newspaper The Babbling Brook for the past 40 years, was found dead in his home this past Sunday, the night of September the 15th. The cops were said to have been called around 11pm and arrived at the gruesome scene 10 minutes later.

I was not able to catch a glimpse of the body, however according to the autopsy report, Mr. Chamberlain died of slashing injuries to his neck and stabbing injuries to his stomach. He also maintained several bruises and the shattering of the bones in his feet upon falling down the stairs.

The police quickly ruled this a murder.

According to an insider, there doesn't appear to be any evidence as to who committed the murder. Mr. Chamberlain's daughter Grace and her friend Abigail Hale (daughter of Mayor Dick Hale) were present during the murder and were questioned, but I was not told whether there are any leads based on this questioning. The investigation continues.

Mr. Chamberlain is survived by his wife Anna, his daughter Grace, and his son Griffin.