Greater Nashua

NASHUA – Hunter Nadeau of Nashua has been charged with purposeful first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Robert DeCesare at Sky Meadow Country Club on Sept. 20, 2025, according to state Attorney General John Formella. This in addition to the existing charge of reckless second-degree murder. That evening, DeCesare and his wife, Charlene, were having dinner with their daughter, Makayla, to discuss her wedding. When Nadeau barged in, DeCesare dove in front of his family and died in a hail of bullets while saving the lives of his wife and daughter. Nadeau has also been charged with two counts of attempted murder. One count for allegedly firing his weapon at a crowd of patrons and the second count for shooting Sky Meadow employee Steven Burtman in the face. Burtman of Lowell, Mass. was flown to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and spent four days ...