Man Sentenced to up to Life in Prison for Shooting Deaths of Retired Couple on Hiking Trail

Logan Clegg (R) and defense attorney Caroline Smith look over at the jury as they are polled at Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, N.H., on Oct. 23, 2023. Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP, Pool

CONCORD, N.H.—A 27-year-old man who was living in a tent in the woods in New Hampshire was sentenced Friday to up to life in prison in the fatal shooting deaths of a retired couple who had gone out for a walk. He asserted his innocence in court.

Superior Court Judge John Kissinger Jr. called Logan Clegg a “stone-cold, violent murderer” as he imposed the sentence requested by prosecutors of two sentences of 50 years to life in prison for the murders of Stephen and Djeswende “Wendy” Reid. The couple were killed in April 2022 while walking on a trail near their apartment in Concord, the state capital. They had done international development and humanitarian work before recently relocating to the city.