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Hiking Fatality in the White Mountains
On Saturday, September 26th shortly before 7:00 PM New Hampshire Fish and Game was notified that a hiker had fallen from Arethusa Falls and sustained life ending injuries. The hiker was with two friends. He went ahead of them on the trail to the top of the falls. When they arrived at the falls they found the body of their friend. There is no cell phone service in the area. They ran out and placed a call to 911 from a home near the trailhead. Along with Conservation Officers members of Bartlett Jackson Ambulance and Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue responded.
The trail to the falls is nearly two miles and the average height of the falls is 70 feet. Rescuers carried the man out in a litter and arrived at the trailhead shortly before 11:00 PM. No further information about the victim or those involved is available at this time and is pending until family members can be notified.
Source: NH Fish and Game Press Release
Arrests Made in Connection with Murder in Coos County
Concord, NH – New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald and New Hampshire State Police Colonel Nathan A. Noyes announce that arrests were made on Thursday, September 24 and Friday, September 25, 2020, in connection with the murder of Jonathan Amerault, age 25, whose body was discovered in Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant in Coos County, New Hampshire on Tuesday, September 22, 2020.
On September 24, 2020, an autopsy was conducted by New Hampshire Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jennie V. Duval. Dr. Duval determined that the cause of Jonathan Amerault’s death as, gunshot wound to the head, and that the manner of death is homicide.
Armando Barron, age 30, of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, was arrested on Friday, September 25, 2020, and charged with capital murder for knowingly causing the death of Jonathan Amerault by shooting him while engaged in the commission of a kidnapping. Investigators have determined that Armando Barron lured Jonathan Amerault to Annette Wayside Park in Rindge, New Hampshire in the overnight hours between Saturday, September 19, 2020, and Sunday, September 20, 2020. Pursuant to RSA 630:1, I(b) a person is guilty of capital murder if he knowingly causes the death of another before, after, while engaged in the commission of, or while attempting to commit kidnapping as that offense is defined in RSA 633:1.
In addition, Britany Barron, age 31, of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, was arrested on Thursday, September 24, 2020, and charged, with three counts of falsifying physical evidence in conjunction with Jonathan Amerault’s murder for altering, destroying, concealing, or removing items of physical evidence when she believed an investigation was pending or about to be instituted with a purpose to impair their verity or availability. Britany Barron is Armando Barron’s spouse.
The charges and allegations set forth in the complaints are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Source: NH State Police Press Release
Suspicious Death Investigation in Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant in Coos County
Concord, NH — New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald and New Hampshire State Police Colonel Nathan A. Noyes announce that officials are investigating a suspicious death. The deceased was discovered late yesterday afternoon in the unincorporated area of Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant in Coos County, New Hampshire.
At this time, it is believed that the deceased is Jonathan Amerault (age 25) of Keene, New Hampshire. Mr. Amerault was reported missing on September 21, 2020.
An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow, September 24, 2020.
Based on the information currently known to investigators, there does not appear to be any danger to the public at this time.
The investigation is ongoing and additional information will be released as it becomes available, while protecting the integrity of the investigation.
Anyone with any information regarding the whereabouts of Mr. Amerault since Saturday, September 19, 2020, is encouraged to contact New Hampshire State Police at 603-MCU-TIPS (603-628-8477).
Source: NH Attorney General Press Release