Malvern AR Press
Manchester family grapples with death of father, son, during holiday season
Jan 8, 2018Jeffrey Henderson, 50, was crossing the street the night of Dec. 12 when he was hit by a Honda Accord near the intersection of Bridge and Malvern streets and died after being rushed to Elliot Hospital.Henderson’s father, Robert A. Henderson, 82, died Dec. 27 in Florida."Words cannot say what it’s been like losing two in two weeks," said Gina Venus, Jeffrey’s sister and Bob’s daughter. "It tears you apart."Venus said her father’s health had been declining, but his death coming so soon after her brother’s made the holidays an emotionally trying time for the family. Venus and her husband, Mark, live in Littleton and her sister, Holly Mooney, lives with her family in Hudson.Venus said the timing was made more difficult by the lack of details from the investigation into her brother’s death. The case remains open and police can not comment on ongoing investigations, Lt. Brian O’Keefe said this week.Once the investigation is complete, it will be up to prosecutors to decide whether charges are warranted against the driver of the car that struck Henderson around 10 p.m. on a Saturday night while heading west on Bridge Street.Venus said she understands police need to investigate, but was hoping to have heard more nearly a month after the accident. "We don’t know anything," Venus said.Venus said she began call... http://www.unionleader.com/article/20160108/NEWS07/160109339