OSSIPEE – The trial of an Ossipee man accused of killing his 33-year-old girlfriend and her eight-month-old fetus began Thursday and is the first case of its kind in New Hampshire.
While state prosecutors say William Kelly, 39, beat and ultimately murdered Christine Falzone in cold blood in their rented home at 332 Water Village Road on Dec. 17, 2023, his public defenders say Kelly merely found his unconscious and bleeding girlfriend on the floor of their modest home. Kelly did what he could to save her, they say, but authorities pinned the blame on him without doing enough to rule out other explanations for her death, such as a complication of pregnancy.
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