Robert Chambers was suspected in 1978 homicide of Russell Bean

Former police chief indicted on 7 counts of sexual assault from 1994-2000

A former part-time police chief in Marlow who was arrested, but not charged, in a 1978 murder is now accused of sexually assaulting a minor.Click to watch News 9's coverageNew Hampshire State Police investigated allegations that Robert Chambers, 64, of Swanzey, sexually abused an underage victim between 1994 and 2000.Following the investigation, Chambers was indicted on seven counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault.Chambers was arrested without incident on Tuesday and is being held at the Cheshire County House of Corrections.He will be arraigned in Cheshire County Superior Court on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.The two cases are unrelated, but investigators confirmed to News 9 that Chambers is the same man that was at the center of a highly publicized murder investigation.Chambers' friend, Russell Bean, vanished in 1978. About a year later, Chambers married Bean's wife.Related: 36 years after man disappears, family wants answersBean's body was found in Chambers' yard in 1988 -- when Chambers was serving as police chief.Authorities said they were operating on a deathbed confession from Chambers' father, implicating his son in the killing and revealing the location of Bean's body.A month after the body was found, Chambers was arrested on a murder charge, but when the case was presented to a grand jury, it failed to return an indictment and the charge was dropped.The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office said no one has been convicted in the murder of Russell Bean, and the cold case remains open.Get the WMUR app12967056

A former part-time police chief in Marlow who was arrested, but not charged, in a 1978 murder is now accused of sexually assaulting a minor.

Click to watch News 9's coverage

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New Hampshire State Police investigated allegations that Robert Chambers, 64, of Swanzey, sexually abused an underage victim between 1994 and 2000.

Following the investigation, Chambers was indicted on seven counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault.

Chambers was arrested without incident on Tuesday and is being held at the Cheshire County House of Corrections.

He will be arraigned in Cheshire County Superior Court on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.

The two cases are unrelated, but investigators confirmed to News 9 that Chambers is the same man that was at the center of a highly publicized murder investigation.

Chambers' friend, Russell Bean, vanished in 1978. About a year later, Chambers married Bean's wife.

Related: 36 years after man disappears, family wants answers

Bean's body was found in Chambers' yard in 1988 -- when Chambers was serving as police chief.

Authorities said they were operating on a deathbed confession from Chambers' father, implicating his son in the killing and revealing the location of Bean's body.

A month after the body was found, Chambers was arrested on a murder charge, but when the case was presented to a grand jury, it failed to return an indictment and the charge was dropped.

The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office said no one has been convicted in the murder of Russell Bean, and the cold case remains open.