NORTH HAVERHILL — The family of Keene’s Jonathan Amerault said Britany Barron deserves no leniency for her alleged role in Amerault’s murder and decapitation on Sept. 19, 2020.
“For hours and days after Jonathan was murdered, she committed unspeakable, barbaric crimes against him,” the family said in a statement read Monday in Grafton Superior Court.
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