Meredith Lugo, one of two public defenders representing Armando Barron, highlighted the close range of the fatal shot when she asked Duval if it could have, for instance, been fired by someone in the front seat of a vehicle while Amerault was in the rear, hatchback portion of the car. Fish. After driving in separate vehicles to a campsite near Errol theyd visited before, Armando allegedly told Britany that once the sun came up the next morning he would forgive her, the warrant says. "And she has credit for the time served, so she should be eligible for parole in March." Barron has been incarcerated since late September 2020, after Amerault's body was discovered by N.H. Anywhere. Armando Barron, of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, was arrested early Friday and faces a capital murder charge. Mr. Barron continues to be held without bail. She admitted, Im in big trouble, and the officers found a headless body underneath a tarp. var currentLocation = window.location; "That would not be possible.". InDepthNH fulfills the press watchdog role as envisioned by the founders of our democracy. Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Im not going to kill him with that blow, and were both going to die in this car, according to court records. The defense which argued during the trial that Britany Barron, not her husband, fired the gunshot that killed Amerault plans to appeal Armando Barrons conviction, Lugo said. Armando Barron, 30, is charged with capital murder for allegedly shooting Jonathan Amerault, 25. Armando Barron did not have a prior criminal record, was a stay-at-home dad who homeschooled his childrenand experienced violence and homelessness growing up, Lugo said. 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He has argued that she will likely be shown leniency since it will be shown in court she acted under duress and her prison term, if conviction, will be minimal. If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. //var LBtag_id = document.getElementById('buylinkLBjfBarronsentencing-ml-053122,ph2'); Armando Barrons lawyer, Meredith Lugo, filed several motions in the Cheshire Superior Court this week in the case, though nearly all of them were filed under seal. Kate Giaquinto, Director of Communications Britany Barron was found with Amerault's body at a campsite in Coos County on Sept. 22, 2020, and confessed to police that her husband, Armando Barron of Jaffrey, had lured him using his wife's phone to an isolated area in Rindge and beaten and shot him after learning he was having an affair with Britany Barron and that she wanted a divorce. Britany Barron is expected to be the first witness to testify Wednesday morning when the trial resumes. He was heading up to the campsite with their 9-year-old daughter, according to police. Shesentenced the Jaffrey resident to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 45 years, for assaulting and murdering Keene resident Jonathan Amerault. From the moment Jonathan arrived at the park the evidence comes from one source, Britany Barron And it is her words that you will have to rely on to fill in the blanks, Taggart-Hampton said. Follow him on Twitter @RooneyReports. Then they found his headless body wrapped up in a nearby brook. Telephone: 603-271-3658. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound to the head. Amerault was 25 when Armando Barron beat, tortured, and then shot him to death at Annett Wayside Park in Rindge after he discovered that his wife, Britany Barron, had started pursuing Amerault, according to court records. 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Leonard sentenced the Jaffrey resident to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 45 years, for assaulting and murdering Keene resident Jonathan Amerault. And then the third one appears to be a close-range wound.". '"; Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in. RYAN SPENCER/KEENE SENTINEL Your light remains with us.. The couple lived in Jaffrey. var currentheadline = document.getElementById("headline").innerText; JAFFREY, NH Armando Barron, 30, of Jaffrey was arrested on a capital murder charges Friday in connection to the death of a Keene man who went missing last week. InDepthNH.org scans the websites of New Hampshire funeral homes each week and selects at random some of our friends, relatives and neighbors to feature in this column. When Armando learned that authorities were looking for him and his wife, he returned to the couples home, allegedly ordering her to bury her lovers body, the affidavit says. and other documents, and ordered his wife to clean the car, according to court records. JONATHAN AMERAULT WAS REPORTED MISSING OUT OF KEENE ON MONDAY. The conservation officers reported seeing blood run out of the bound tarp covering Ameraults headless body. if (photocredit.indexOf(sellablestring) > -1) { Accused murderer Armando Barron, with his lawyers Meredith Lugo and Morgan Taggart-Hampton, arrives at Annett State Park in Rindge as the jury views the scene of the crime on the first day of his trial Tuesday. Chase also showed the jury photos of Britany Barron at her arrest, showing her bruised face from the beating, he also showed autopsy x-rays of Ameraults body to show how badly he was assaulted. Britany Barron, 33, pleaded guilty in Grafton County Superior Court in September to three counts of falsifying evidence one for cleaning off Amerault's vehicle after the killing, one for wrapping his body in a tarp and a third for decapitating him after his death, all of which she said she did on her husband's orders. But there are some who bring a light so great to those around them that even after they have gone, the light remains.. var currentheadline = document.getElementById("headline").innerText; Armando and Britany Barron are seen in their booking mugshots. When the trial resumed in the courtroom in the afternoon, both sides presented their opening arguments with the defense admitting Armando Barron is guilty of some of the charges such as domestic violence and assaulting both Britany Barron and Amerault striking her more than once, breaking her nose, and kicking Amerault in the head. She tested the revolver prosecutors allege Armando Barron used to shoot Amerault, and found that two of the three bullets found in Amerault's body during the autopsy, including the fatal shot to his head, came from that gun. In his Anywhere. if (photocredit.indexOf(sellablestring) > -1) { Prior to Duval's testimony Monday, a pair of officials with N.H. State Police took the witness stand to detail their roles in the investigation. The defense and prosecution have rested in the murder trial of a New Hampshire man accused of brutally killing his wife's coworker and violently coercing her assistance. Armando Barron, 32, of Jaffrey, is charged with first-degree murder, which carries a maximum punishment of life in prison . The state is going to ask you to believe every claim she makes. var currentheadline = document.getElementById("headline").innerText; She will also have two three and a half to seven years sentences suspended for 10 years. Choose wisely! Both Barrons remain held without bail, though Guerriero is asking that Britany Barron be released to home confinement with electronic monitoring. When Amerault arrived, Britany Barron said her husband assaulted him, put a gun in her hand, and ordered her to shoot Amerault. Her only comfort was knowing that the defendant was not going to kill her in front of her girls, Chase said. Two people were arrested Friday in connection with the murder of a 25-year-old New Hampshire man. 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We depend on your support. And then he just started kicking him and kicking him and kicking him . var currentLocation = window.location; Telephone: 603-271-3658. The jurors were then taken by school bus to Jaffrey, where they were shown surveillance cameras located in the downtown area as well as the parking lot at Teleflex, where Britany Barron and Amerault had worked together. Accused killer: Wife lying about lover's murder, beheading. Now Im not going to get up here and say Armando is innocent of everything because he isnt. The charges and allegations set forth in the complaints are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Britany Barron was indicted on three counts of falsifying physical evidence for allegedly knowingly separating Ameraults head from his body to make his remains more difficult to identify, wrapping Ameraults body in a tarp and dragging it to a remote area and cleaning part of Ameraults Subaru Impreza, which had been used to transport his body to a campsite in northern New Hampshire, all with the purpose to impair it verity or availability in the proceeding or investigation.. var tag_id = document.getElementById('buylinkjfBarronsentencing-ml-053122,ph3'); Britany Barron told police that she burned Ameraults belongings and wiped down his car and was waiting for her husband to return. Im in big trouble, Britany Barron reportedly told the officers when they found her. Taggart-Hampton told the jury that Britany Barrons testimony will sound like a Lifetime TV movie in which she is the abused wife, but added that she has a very strong motive to lie: to stay out of prison.