Theodore Luckey, 42, of Asbury Park, New Jersey

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Jersey man accused of killing two men at a New Hampshire hotel now faces a first-degree murder charge in one of the deaths.

Theodore Luckey, 42, of Asbury Park, New Jersey, was arrested last month on two counts of second-degree murder and three counts of being a felon in possession of a deadly weapon. Police responding to multiple 911 calls on Aug. 21 went to the Country Inn and Suites hotel in Bedford where they found two dead men, one in the lobby and one in a guest room.

Autopsies showed that one of the men, Nathan Cashman, 28, of Manchester, died from multiple chop wounds to the head, neck and body. David Hanford, 60, of Seaside Heights, New Jersey, was strangled to death.

Luckey has now been charged with one count of first-degree murder, alleging that he purposely caused Cashman’s death with a machete-type knife, the attorney general’s office said Thursday.

Luckey is currently being held at the Hillsborough County House of Corrections. His lawyer said Friday he didn’t have a lot of information on the case and couldn’t comment further.