Kathy McCormack, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

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Man granted parole for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of 2 Dartmouth College professors

by Kathy McCormack Associated PressApril 18, 2024

A man who has served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas was granted parole Thursday.James Parker…

This booking photo released by Merrimack Police shows Joseph Stapf at the Merrimack Police Department, in Merrimack, N.H. Stapf was originally charged with child endangerment and witness tampering in connection with slain 5-year-old Elijah Lewis' disappearance. He plans to plead guilty to manslaughter, second-degree assault, falsifying physical evidence, and witness tampering, according to a plea notice filed in court, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. (Photo/Merrimack Police Department via AP)

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Mother’s boyfriend to enter manslaughter plea in 5-year-old NH boy’s death

by Kathy McCormack Associated PressSeptember 7, 2022

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Motorcyclist: Truck plowed through ‘like a bowling ball’

by Kathy McCormack Associated PressJuly 27, 2022

Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, of West Springfield, Mass., right, charged with negligent homicide in the deaths of seven motorcycle club members in a 2019 crash, is seated during his trial with defense attorney Steve Mirkin, left, at attorney Coos County Superior Court in Lancaster, N.H., Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Zhukovskyy has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of negligent homicide, manslaughter, reckless conduct and driving under the influence in the June 21, 2019, crash. (AP...

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Trial opens for truck driver in crash that killed 7 motorcyclists

by Kathy McCormack Associated PressJuly 26, 2022

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NH man convicted in beheading case

by Kathy McCormack Associated PressMay 26, 2022

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Pamela Smart denied chance at freedom once more

by Kathy McCormack Associated PressMarch 23, 2022

Kayla Montgomery, right, stepmother of missing girl Harmony Montgomery, sits beside her attorney Paul Garrity, left, in Hillsborough County Superior Court North, in Manchester, N.H., Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, where she pleaded not guilty to charges accusing her of lying last year that Harmony was in her household to claim food stamp benefits. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

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Officials narrow window of time when NH girl, 5, disappeared

by Kathy McCormack Associated PressJanuary 24, 2022

This booking photograph provided by the N.H. Attorney General's office shows Kayla Montgomery, 31, of Manchester, New Hampshire, who was arrested on January 5, 2022, in Manchester. Montgomery, wife of a man whose daughter went missing in 2019, has been charged with welfare fraud for collecting food stamps in her name, the New Hampshire attorney general's office said Thursday Jan. 6, 2022. (N.H. Attorney General's office via AP)

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NH dad, stepmom charged in case of girl missing 2 years

by Kathy McCormack Associated PressJanuary 6, 2022

FILE - Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, of West Springfield, Mass., is arraigned on June 24, 2019, in Springfield, Mass., on charges in causing the deaths of seven motorcycle riders. The trial for the truck driver charged with causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in northern New Hampshire in 2019 is now expected to start in July, 2022, more than three years after the crash, to give the defense more time to find and work with a crash reconstruction expert. (Don Treeger/The Republican via...

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Truck driver’s trial in fatal biker crash expected in July

by Kathy McCormack Associated PressDecember 21, 2021

Defense attorney Steven Mirkin, top, points out evidence during a pretrial hearing for his client Volodymyr Zhukovskyy at the Coos County Superior Court, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, in Lancaster, N.H. Zhukovskyy, 25, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, is scheduled to face trial on Nov. 29 on multiple counts of negligent homicide, manslaughter, driving under the influence and reckless conduct stemming from the crash that killed seven motorcyclists that happened in Randolph on June 21, 2019....

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Driver’s trial delayed in crash that killed 7 bikers

by Kathy McCormack Associated PressNovember 10, 2021