LANCASTER — Coos County Superior Court Judge Jonathan Frizzell sentenced Dustin Duren to serve 45 years to life in the New Hampshire State Prison on Thursday, following his October conviction of knowingly and recklessly causing the death of the mother of the couple’s two young daughters and endangering the welfare of the couple’s 4-year-old child in a Berlin apartment in February 2024.
Frizzell agreed with state prosecutors Assistant Attorney Generals Bethany Durand and Joshua Speicher in their sentencing recommendations and not with defense attorneys Hanna Kinne and Margaret Kettles, who sought a 25-year sentence.
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