A group working to improve the state’s response to domestic violence incidents is proposing nearly a dozen recommendations for how the state can better protect victims — including harsher penalties for repeat offenders and training 911 dispatchers on the dynamics of domestic violence.

The New Hampshire Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee was established by state law after the death of Marisol Fuentes-Huaracha, who was shot by her estranged husband in July 2025 in a case that a state review committee later found was mishandled. At the time of her death, lawmakers had already approved legislation — Senate Bill 140 — to establish the committee modeled after similar groups convened in the past. Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed it into law later that month. The committee was tasked with reviewing specific deaths with the goal of determining what lessons the state can learn. Fuentes-Huaracha’s was the first death the committee reviewed, and members released their first report this week.

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