Jaded Evidence interactive investigation · WATCH-245
Alisha Cruz / Bianchinies Cruz
Manchester, New Hampshire · Evidence-first case file
Current status: Medical examiner classified homicide and suicide; no criminal prosecution identified · Updated October 31, 2026
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Charges and investigative allegations are not findings of guilt. Medical classifications, testimony, advocacy and adjudicated outcomes are identified separately.
01 | Case overview and current legal status
Alisha Cruz, 35, died from multiple gunshot wounds classified as homicide. Bianchinies Cruz, 36, died from a gunshot wound to the head classified as suicide. The New Hampshire Attorney General said available evidence indicates he shot Alisha and then himself. Their eight-year-old child was wounded by a round entering an adjoining bedroom.
Courthouse, judge and attorneys
No trial or courthouse proceeding is identified.
02 | Victim background
Alisha Cruz was 35. The child’s identity is withheld. Public reporting does not provide reliable additional biographical information appropriate for this page.
03 | People and documented roles
Alisha Cruz
Alisha Cruz — homicide victim.
Bianchinies Cruz
Bianchinies Cruz — deceased adult whom investigators believe shot Alisha and then himself.
Unidentified eight-year-old child
Unidentified eight-year-old child — wounded survivor; identity protected.
New Hampshire Attorney General, Manchester Police and Office of Chief Medical Examiner
New Hampshire Attorney General, Manchester Police and Office of Chief Medical Examiner — investigating authorities.
04 | Interactive chronological timeline
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October 27, 2026, 9:34 a.m.
Police responded to a requested welfare check at the Wheelock Street home.
Police responded to a requested welfare check at the Wheelock Street home.
October 27, 2026
Officers found both adults dead and the child wounded.
Officers found both adults dead and the child wounded.
October 28, 2026
Autopsies classified Alisha’s death as homicide and Bianchinies’s death as suicide.
Autopsies classified Alisha’s death as homicide and Bianchinies’s death as suicide.
Current
The child was reported in stable condition; final investigative records remain to be obtained.
The child was reported in stable condition; final investigative records remain to be obtained.
05 | Investigation and evidence
Evidence file 1
Autopsy cause-and-manner findings for both adults.
Evidence file 2
Scene and trajectory evidence concerning rounds entering an adjoining bedroom.
Evidence file 3
Welfare-check call and police response records.
Evidence file 4
Any documented domestic-violence, separation or child-welfare history, none of which is inferred here.
06 | Prosecution and defense theories
Prosecution or investigative position
No prosecution is expected against a deceased person. The Attorney General’s statement is an investigative conclusion based on currently available evidence, not a court finding.
Defense position or evidentiary limitation
There is no criminal defense or trial. This page distinguishes medical classifications from the investigative reconstruction.
07 | Trial testimony and courtroom developments
No trial or courthouse proceeding is identified.
Known witnesses and exhibits
No witness should be described as scheduled to testify and no item should be described as an admitted exhibit without a filed list, transcript or documented proceeding. Publicly verified additions will be placed here chronologically.
08 | Verdict, sentencing and appeals
No verdict or sentence. Alisha’s manner of death was classified homicide; Bianchinies’s was classified suicide.
09 | Unresolved questions
- What do the complete scene and trajectory reports establish?
- Was there documented prior domestic violence or separation conflict?
- What services and protections were provided to the surviving child?
- Will any final investigative report be released?
10 | Court records and source documents
- NBC Boston — identities and official investigative conclusion
- Manchester Ink Link — autopsy classifications and timeline
Document status: Filed complaints, warrants, transcripts and exhibits are linked only when publicly verified. Missing primary records are identified as research gaps.