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New Hampshire Man Convicted of Murdering, Dismembering Wife on Anniversary RV Trip
Joseph Ferlazzo testified he had a “memory of cutting into her leg with a knife and being sick over it” after shooting his wife twice in the head … but no recollection of cutting off her feet, arms, legs and head.
A New Hampshire man is facing serious prison time after his conviction for murdering his wife on an anniversary trip to Vermont.
Joseph Ferlazzo was found guilty last Friday of first-degree murder of his wife Emily, who was shot and dismembered back in October 2021.
He claimed he shot her in self-defense while the two were celebrating their one-year wedding anniversary with a trip to visit his family in their van — this after he returned from the trip solo and told her family she left after a fight. Her remains were later discovered in the van.
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Van Life Murder Suspect Accused of Shooting, Dismembering Wife Testifies In His Own Defense
The jury, however, didn’t buy his version of events and came back with a guilty verdict.
According to NBC 5, Emily’s mother Adrienne Bass said “the verdict couldn’t be any better,” after the decision came in. “The only thing that could make it better would be to have my daughter back in my arms and alive,” she continued, adding, “For me it was really just relief and feeling like we got the justice that Emily deserves.
Ferlazzo faces 35 years behind bars; his sentencing is set for February.
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Ferlazzo’s Version of Events
Taking the stand in his defense last week, Ferlazzo first claimed Emily had been violent with him numerous times before the trip, including one alleged incident after she saw messages between him and another woman on his phone. He said the pair were in a polyamorous relationship.
“I left my device open for her to see who I was talking to … it led to violence,” he claimed. “Physical abuse started coming into our relationship, where she would go through my phone and then respond by beating on me. She would say, ‘You’re a f–king a–hole. I can’t believe you’re f–king talking to this bitch.’”
The other woman, he said, was a friend of his with whom he was romantic at one point; he, however, claimed the two had stopped being physical, while keeping their friendship.
“It was a barrage. The punches and kicks kept coming and coming. She hit hard, she wasn’t a gentle person. I wouldn’t describe her as gentle,” he testified.
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On the night of Emily’s death, Ferlazzo said the two were arguing quite a bit, with the suspect claiming Emily was “having a fit” and “cussin’ and saying how s–tty I was for not giving her money to go have an Uber and leave the vacation.”
As the night went on, he said she “started cursing” at him for having candles lit in the van, claiming she was yelling at him to “turn the f–king candles off.” He claimed things escalated and she “got up, ran at me and grabbed one of the candles” and started beating him with it.
“Then there was a flurry of punches and kicks that she started punching and kicking me. I had to restrain her, I had to grab her by her arms and hold her arms down,” he continued, claiming she also kicked their dog, which caused him to exclaim, “We’re not your punching bags.”
He stepped outside with the dog, he said, then returned to the van, had more to drink and smoke and got into bed.
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“I was climbing over her and she shouted, ‘F–k off,’ and she threw an elbow at me and elbowed me in my groin,” he said, claiming he then told her to stop hitting him. “And that’s when it happened,” he said.
“She said, ‘That’s it, you’re dead,’ and she threw her arm under her pillow and she pulls her hand out with the Taurus [gun]. I was feeling horrified. I was terrified,” he testified. “As soon as I saw that, I felt a wave of heat, red hot, and she started pushing her body up … and I’m like, ‘No, no, no, no, no’ … she wasn’t stopping. I was holding my Glock and she started coming up at me and I just fired. She was gonna shoot me.”
“It was two shots and her body dropping,” he recalled. Ferlazzo then put her body into the bathroom and, the next day, went to breakfast with family, took a shower and cleaned up. He told others that Emily left to go with friends … and, at one point, even gave his sister a brand new tattoo.
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That same day, according to statements he previously made to police during his confession, he used a hand saw to dismember Emily’s body — and allegedly cut off her feet, legs, arms and head, so he could bury her remains in the woods. Bags containing her remains were discovered in the van by police. Ferlazzo also told police that he stabbed her dead body numerous times; Emily had stab wounds on her torso and back.
On the stand, however, he said he didn’t recall talking to police and had “no memory” of dismembering Emily. He claimed he was “revolted” watching back video of his confession.
Ferlazzo also testified he had a “memory of cutting into her leg with a knife and being sick over it,” before prosecutors pointed out that he told police he used a saw. Again, he said he had no memory.
The suspect was the only witness called by the defense, while prosecutors argued the murder was premeditated.
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The son of Cher is scheduled to be in court Wednesday for a hearing over allegations he broke into a New Hampshire home earlier this month.
It was the second arrest in a matter of days for Elijah Allman, 49, of Malibu, California, who was detained Feb. 27 after allegedly acting belligerently at a prestigious prep school in New Hampshire. It was unclear if Allman had any connection to either St. Paul’s School or the home in Windham, New Hampshire.
Allman remains in the Rockingham County Department of Corrections in what is called preventive detention, Superintendent Jonathan Banville said.
Allman, whose father was the late singer Gregg Allman, faces two counts of criminal mischief, one count of burglary and a count of breach of bail for breaking into the home on March 1. Police said in a report that Allman did not have permission to be at the home and forcibly entered it .
In the incident at the prep school, Allman was charged with four misdemeanors: two counts of simple assault, criminal trespass and criminal threatening. Allman was also charged with a violation of disorderly conduct, which is illegal in the state but not considered a crime.
At about 7 p.m. that day, Concord police responded to reports that Allman was disturbing people in the dining hall of St. Paul’s School. After charging Allman, police said he was released on bail as his case works through the court system.
Allman did not respond to an email requesting comment, and a phone number for him was not working. It was unclear from the court records if Allman has an attorney.
In December 2023, Cher filed a petition to become a temporary conservator overseeing her son’s money, saying Allman struggles with mental health issues and addiction have left him unable to manage his assets and potentially put his life in danger.
The petition from the singer and actress said Elijah Allman is entitled to regular payments from a trust fund. But “given his ongoing mental health and substance abuse issues,” she is “concerned that any funds distributed to Elijah will be immediately spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for himself and putting Elijah’s life at risk,” the petition says.
A few weeks later, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jessica Uzcategui denied the request, saying she was not convinced that a conservatorship was urgently needed. Allman was in the courtroom with his his attorneys, who acknowledged his previous struggles but argued that he is in a good place now, attending meetings, getting treatment and reconciling with his previously estranged wife.
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Possible 2028 Democratic White House contenders weigh in on Iran with New Hampshire voters
As the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran overtakes the foreign policy debate in Washington, two Democratic governors with potential 2028 presidential aspirations — Gavin Newsom and Andy Beshear — recently traveled to New Hampshire, introducing themselves to the state’s famously engaged voters. The two weighed in on the war and both criticized and questioned President Trump’s strategy and endgame.
“If a president is going to take a country into war, and risk the lives of American troops and Americans in the region, he has to have a real justification and not one that seems to change every five to 10 hours,” Beshear told CBS News after a Democratic fundraiser in Keene.
“This President seems to use force before ever trying diplomacy, and he has a duty to sell it to the American people and to address Congress with it,” Beshear continued. “He hasn’t done any of that. In fact, it appears there isn’t even a plan for what success looks like. He’s gone from regime change to strategic objectives and now is talking about unconditional surrender, which isn’t realistic where he is.”
Beshear also said he thought that Congress should have reined in Mr. Trump’s war powers.
“He is trying to ignore Congress. He’s trying to even ignore the American people,” Beshear said.
He went on to note that the president’s State of the Union address took place “three — four days before he launched this attack,” and Mr. Trump “didn’t even have the respect to tell the American people the threat that he thought Iran posed to us.”
Last week, both the House and the Senate failed to pass resolutions to limit Mr. Trump’s war powers and stop him from taking further military action against Iran without congressional support.
For Newsom, the war with Iran constitutes part of a broader criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
At an event last Tuesday in Los Angeles, Newsom had compared Israel to an “apartheid state.” Later, in New Hampshire, he sought to clarify his comment.
“I was specifically referring to a Tom Friedman [New York Times] column last week, where Tom used that word of apartheid as it relates to the direction Bibi is going, particularly on the annexation of the West Bank,” Newsom explained during a book tour event Thursday night in Portsmouth. “I’m very angry, with what he is doing and why he’s doing it, what he’s going to ultimately try to do to the Supreme Court there, what he’s trying to do to save his own political career.”
Friedman wrote that at the same time that the U.S. and Israel are prosecuting a war in Iran, within Israel, Netanyahu’s government has undertaken efforts to annex the West Bank, driving Palestinians from their homes; fire the attorney general who is leading the prosecution against Netanyahu for corruption; and block the government’s attempt to establish a commission to examine the failures that led up to the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre of Jews by Hamas.
CBS News has reached out to the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., for comment.
On Iran, Newsom said, “I’m very angry about this war, with all due respect, you know, not because I’m angry the supreme leader is dead. Quite the contrary. I’m not naive about the last 37 years of his reign. Forty-seven years since ’79 — the revolution,” Newsom said. “But I’m also mindful that you have a president who still is inarticulate and incapable of giving us the rationale of why? Why now? What’s the endgame?”
Many attendees at Newsom’s book event said that the situation in Iran is a top-of-mind issue for them, too. Some said they’re “horrified” by what is happening.
29-year-old Alicia Marr told CBS News she decided to attend Newsom’s event because of his social media response to the war with Iran.
“There was one spot left, and I decided to pick it up, and it was due to his response to the war, that it is just unacceptable, and I would agree with that,” Marr said.
While some voters like Marr are eager to hear about where potential candidates stand on foreign policy, many at Newsom’s event said they care most about how potential candidates plan to address domestic issues.
“I’m more focused on getting the middle class back on track and fighting the oligarchy, and I’m less invested in international issues,” said Anita Alden, who also attended Newsom’s event,
“I wouldn’t call myself America first, but we have so many problems at home that are my priority,” she told CBS News.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who may also be weighing another White House bid, told Fox 2 Detroit last week that she “unequivocally opposes” the Trump administration’s military action in Iran and urged Congress to take action.
“If we want to stop Donald Trump with this random decision that he has arrived at, then Congress must act, and Congress must act immediately. The American people do not want our sons and daughters to go into this unauthorized war of choice,” Harris said.
Mr. Trump has lashed out against Democrats who have pushed back on his Iran strategy, calling them “losers” last week and arguing that they would criticize any decision he made on Iran.
“If I did it, it’s no good. If I didn’t do it, they would have said the opposite, that you should have done this,” the president said.
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