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The House Thursday took the first step to ensuring Adam Montgomery faces the family and loved ones of the daughter he is convicted of murdering when he is sentenced for his crime May 9.
Stephen Clough, the state’s dead witness, didn’t get to appear Wednesday at the double-murder trial against Timothy Verrill, as the clock ran out before video of his prior court testimony could be played for jurors.
The state has given the potential developer of the former Laconia State School a drop-dead deadline of April 21 to close on the 200-acre property or lose its $200,000 deposit being held in escrow.
A now dead witness who was at one point himself a suspect in the murders of Christine Sullivan and Jenna Pellegrini is going to testify Wednesday against Timothy Verrill.
Thomas Andrew, New Hampshire’s former chief medical examiner who conducted the autopsies on Christine Sullivan and Jenna Pellegrini, explained the wounds found on the women.
Six parents and a state representative testified about their concerns with the state Division for Children, Youth and Families Monday, including one man who said he served more than 10 years in prison, lost his children and much of it was based on a police officer with credibility issues.
Star witness Josh Colwell’s life as a dealer and enforcer in Dean Smoronk’s drug trafficking organization in the days leading up to the murders of Christine Sullivan and Jenna Pellegrini in Farmington was front and center Friday, even if he could not remember all the details.
Thursday’s House session began with divisive laws regarding Children and Family Law. In two tight votes, the House narrowly passed HB 1192 and HB 1659, which impact how family court would handle difficult family dynamics and parenting obligations.
The state Senate passed a bill that would invalidate out-of-state driver’s licenses issued to undocumented immigrants from other states and sent to the House a measure that would prohibit municipalities across the state from designating themselves “sanctuary cities.”