but you should n't minimize the severities of the injuries she suffered . '' Delker said Kimberly Cates ' husband was away on business at the time of the attack . Cates was a registered nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua , New Hampshire . `` She worked part time in our maternal and labor department and also in our emergency department , '' Sarah Ward , director of marketing and communications for the hospital , said Tuesday . `` The staff is pretty upset about it . They were pretty close to her . '' `` The people up here are n't used to this kind of thing , '' Don Himsel , senior photo editor for the Nashua Telegraph , said Tuesday . `` This never really happens . '' Himsel also said violent crime is extremely rare in Mont Vernon . `` I think we may have had one assault in town in the last 10 years . '' The Mont Vernon Congregational Church opened its doors Wednesday for people who want to grieve , pray and meditate . `` This is a way to come together peacefully ; that 's what we are trying to
NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A small , rural town in the hills of New Hampshire was jolted by a home invasion over the weekend that left a mother dead and her young daughter severely injured . Steven Spader , 17 , is accused of using a machete to kill a woman and injure her daughter . `` This type of murder does not happen very often , '' New Hampshire Senior Assistant Attorney General Will Delker said . `` This is something out of the ordinary . '' Four teenagers have been charged in connection with the incident early Sunday morning along an isolated dirt road in Mont Vernon , a town of about 2,000 . In a news release Tuesday , the New Hampshire Department of Justice identified the victim as 42-year-old Kimberly Cates . The medical examiner determined that she died from `` multiple sharp injuries to the head , torso , left arm , and left leg . '' The victim 's 10-year-old daughter sustained serious knife injuries that required hours of surgery . `` She 's still in the intensive care unit , '' Delker said . `` Her injuries were n't life-threatening ,