This story was originally produced by the Concord Monitor. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative .
The murder of 25-year-old Marisol Fuentes-Huaracha in Berlin will be the first case reviewed by the state’s new domestic violence fatality review committee, Attorney General John Formella confirmed Tuesday.
Fuentes-Huaracha was fatally shot by her estranged husband, Michael Jr. Gleason, on July 6— a case that has drawn widespread criticism for how the legal system handled it.
Many consider her death preventable — she sought a protection-from-abuse order, he was arrested for assaulting her, and she filed for divorce, but he was let out on $5,000 bail and still had access to the shotgun he used in the murder-suicide.
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