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Police in Vermont arrested a 22-year-old man after his mother was found dead from a gunshot wound in her kitchen in Reading, Massachusetts, early Thursday.
Ryan Hanafin was the subject of a manhunt after Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said Reading police received the call around 12:38 a.m. Thursday from his father, Matthew Hanafin, 48, who told police he returned to his home on Center Avenue and found his wife Andria, 49, dead in their kitchen.
Vermont State Police said they were looking for Hanafin in Warren, Vermont, where he had known ties. After about two hours, they found him on Vermont Route 100, south of Sugarbush Access Road, police said in a news release.
Once state troopers and local deputies found him, he was arrested without incident around 2:30 p.m. ET.
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An image of Ryan Hanafin, 22, provided by police in Reading, Massachusetts. Hanafin is a person of interest in the death of his mother, who was found dead in her kitchen around 12:38 a.m. on Thursday, October 8, 2026. (Reading Police Department)
The hearing schedule was not immediately clear. He is expected to appear in Vermont and possibly be extradited to Massachusetts if he faces criminal charges. Police have so far described him as a “person of interest” and not a “suspect.”
The prosecutor said the couple’s 13-year-old child was present in the home when his mother was shot. They also have a daughter.
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The prosecutor said there was “no significant history” of police calls to the family home.
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The younger son was out with friends until about 9 p.m. and told police he went straight to his room when he got home and didn’t see his mother, she said.
A selfie image shows Andria Hanafin, 49, a mom from Massachusetts. Her husband Matthew found her dead early Thursday morning, and their eldest son, Ryan, was arrested in Vermont hours later. (Andria Hanafin/Facebook)
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Matthew Hanafin told investigators he hadn’t spoken with his older son since Wednesday morning, she said.
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The Hanafin House in Reading, Massachusetts. Police arrested 22-year-old Ryan Hanafin in Vermont after his father came home to find his mother found dead in her kitchen. (Google Maps)
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Ryan Hanafin was believed to be driving a black 2010 Dodge Charger with Massachusetts license plate 2PSY15. He had been described as 5ft 10ins tall. The only photo of him released by police shows him with shoulder-length straight blond hair, a mustache and glasses.
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Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan gives a press briefing Tuesday, August 11, 2026. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Reading Police Chief David J. Clark said that even though Ryan Hanafin is a person of interest, he should still be considered “potentially armed and dangerous.” Anyone who saw him or his vehicle was asked to call 911.
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“Of course, don’t approach him,” he said. “Please contact 911, your local police department, whatever it may be, if you see or encounter the vehicle. We urge people to stay safe and not put themselves in danger.”
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