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Like a lot of the facts part of the second-degree murder case against former Corrections Officer Matthew Millar, it’s not certain where or how Rothe died on April 29, 2023 as a patient in the State Prison for Men’s Secure Psychiatric Unit.
In the weeks after Jason Rothe’s death inside the State Prison for Men’s Secure Psychiatric Unit, and while the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office had an active criminal investigation, then-Captain Scott Marshall recalled the strange meetings he had with the officers involved in Rothe’s death.
The corrections officer who led the operation to remove patient Jason Rothe from the dayroom inside the state prison Secure Psychiatric Unit repeatedly said she never saw Matthew Millar put his knee on Rothe’s back until she was confronted with the State Police investigation.
It’s now up to three judges whether or not a man who says he was raped by Fr. Karl Dowd is allowed to seek justice under the New Hampshire constitution.
The state’s first major witness called in the Matthew Millar murder trial, state prison Corrections Officer Josephine McDonough, didn’t see the alleged crime despite being in the middle of the violent altercation with Secure Psychiatric Unit patient Jason Rothe.
The only nurse on duty when Jason Rothe died inside New Hampshire state Prison for Men’s Secure Psychiatric Unit now has an immunity deal signed off by Attorney General John Formella.
Claremont’s Eagle Times saw multiple staffers at the local newspaper walk out this week saying they had not been paid, but owner Jay Lucas claims there’s no problem.
Attorney General John Formella knew that then-Department of Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks conducted interviews in Jason Rothe’s death after she was told not to, yet he did not share his knowledge, according to documents unsealed this week.
The Vermont Supreme Court ruled there is nothing wrong with firing former New Hampshire State Rep. Jon Stone from his job as a corrections officer for his racist and homophobic comments.