Overview

• Paul Herlihy was found dead in his Milford home on August 27, 2003, and an autopsy ruled his death a homicide by blunt force trauma.
• Douglas Herlihy was arrested Tuesday in Saugus, Massachusetts, after a warrant charged him with second-degree murder following a state cold case reinvestigation.
• New Hampshire officials have not disclosed the evidence that prompted the arrest; former Milford police chief Richard Melo suggested fresh witness testimony may have been pivotal.
• At 17, Herlihy was initially arrested after fleeing a request for questioning in 2003 but was never charged in his father’s death at that time.
• He will be arraigned in Essex County Superior Court before being extradited to New Hampshire to face trial.