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Authorities Identify Victims and Suspect in Springfield Double Homicide-Suicide

Investigators have determined there is no ongoing public threat after the Nov. 25 stabbings.

Overview

  • Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni named Khamkieo Chingvacha, 67, and Sachivanh Phomphanh, 47, as the two people who were fatally stabbed.
  • Gulluni identified Kung Kedjumnong, 43, as the suspected attacker who died by suicide.
  • Springfield police responded on Nov. 25 to a reported stabbing on the 1400 block of State Street and found two men and a woman dead inside a residence.
  • The Springfield Police Department’s Homicide Unit and the Hampden District Attorney’s Murder Unit are conducting an active investigation.
  • Officials said Chingvacha lived in Springfield, while Phomphanh and Kedjumnong were from West Hartford, and a memorial service for Phomphanh has been reported.