New Hampshire
New Hampshire man gets life term in Massachusetts killing
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A New Hampshire man convicted of kidnapping and homicide for his function within the 2015 dying of a lady whose sure and gagged physique was discovered burning beside railroad tracks in Massachusetts was sentenced to life in jail with out the potential for parole on Wednesday. Julian Squires, 48, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was discovered responsible final week within the killing of Ashley Bortner, 29.
“The homicide of Miss Bortner was notably grotesque and merciless,” Plymouth Distict Lawyer Timothy Cruz mentioned in assertion Wednesday. “I’m happy that the jury noticed the info of this case and located Julian Squires responsible for his function on this heinous crime.”
Police responding to a 911 name a few hearth beside the tracks in Bridgewater simply earlier than midnight on Nov. 3, 2015, discovered Bortner’s physique.
The sufferer, initially from Paulsboro, New Jersey, had been gagged by clothes, her face had been wrapped in a towel, and her fingers and toes had been sure, authorities mentioned.
Squires helped one other man kill and eliminate the sufferer’s physique, the district lawyer’s workplace mentioned. The opposite man believed she had performed a job in his son’s killing. His trial is pending.