KEENE — Armando Barron, the man accused of murdering a Keene man in a jealous rage and then forcing his wife to cut the head off the victim’s corpse, wants to block prosecutors from using recordings of jail-house calls and visits at the upcoming murder trial.
Barron, 31, has been held without bail since his arrest in September 2020. His wife, Britany Barron, 32, pleaded guilty last year to charges of destroying evidence for her role in the murder of Jonathan Amerault. Armando Barron has been charged with capital murder. The couple lived in Jaffrey.
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