DOVER, N.H. — The death of University of New Hampshire student Elizabeth Marriott occurred during a sexual encounter, Foster’s Daily Democrat has learned.

However, Foster’s has been unable to confirm whether the sexual encounter was voluntary or involuntary.

Marriott, a 19-year-old UNH sophomore, disappeared on Tuesday, Oct. 9, and is now believed to be dead.

Seth Mazzaglia, a 29-year-old Dover resident, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with Marriott’s death.

Although Marriott’s body has not been recovered, prosecutors say they have gathered “credible” evidence indicating Mazzaglia suffocated or strangled Marriott inside his apartment on Mill Street the night she went missing.

That night, Marriott was planning to see a female friend after leaving campus in Durham about 9 p.m., according to uncle Anthony Hanna. Hanna said the woman lives in an apartment on Mill Street with her boyfriend and that she became acquainted with Marriott while they were working together at a local Target.

Marriott failed to show up for work the next morning at Target in Greenland and also was absent from class on Thursday, Oct. 11, prompting a widespread search for the missing teenager. The attorney general’s office announced Marriott’s death Saturday and Mazzaglia was arraigned on the murder charge in court Monday.

Distributed by MCT Information Services.

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  1. that sico most likely put a pillow over her face so no one can here her screem give him life no parole

    1. He may be subject to the death penalty.
       
      RSA 630:1 Capital Murder, is the only crime for which people can be executed in the state. A person is guilty of capital murder if he knowingly causes the death of:

      – A sheriff or deputy sheriff, state trooper, constable or police officer of a city or town, correctional officer, probation-parole officer, conservation officer, judge or similar person, state or local prosecutor acting in the line of duty or in retaliation for their job.
      – Another before, after, while engaged or attempting to commit a kidnapping as defined by RSA 633:1.
      – Another after conspiring with another to commit a contract killing.
      – Another after being sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
      – Another before, after, while engaged or attempting to commit aggravated felonious sexual assault, as defined in RSA 632-A:2.
      – Another before, after, while engaged or attempting to commit an offense punishable under RSA 318-B:26, I(a) or (b) of the Controlled Drug Act.

        1. Yup, July 14, 1939.

          They currently have one person on death row, Michael “Stix” Addison was sentenced in December 2008 for knowingly causing the death of Manchester police officer Michael L. Briggs.

  2. How sad that this “person” will presumably escape the death penalty if found guilty after a trial.  Too bad that more states don’t have capital punishment, including Maine. 

  3. Nice friend!?  Is this the boyfriend her friend lived with and was there when she arrived?  And her friend was not at home?  Very creepy.  Know your friends and their friends.   

  4. so sad that this SOB wont tell authorities where her body is. I cant even imagine what her poor family is going through. I hope he breaks down soon and tells where she is.

  5. I am def missing something here-this young lady has been missing for days and is said to be dead-how do they come to that conclusion ? And this young man is accused of killing her–did he admit to doing such a thing ? Again how did they come to these conclusions.

  6. This s u c k s.
    This is one of those guys, where everyone who knew him could imagine him doing something like this.  Sick freak.
    Don’t really need the death penalty.
    Let him into gen pop in whatever prison he ends up in. 

  7. So was the female friend involved by introducing Ms. Marriott to the scumbag who killed her__she lived in an apt. on the same street.
    Also, the statement that “Foster’s doesn’t know if the sex was voluntary or involuntary is totally unnecessary, implying that what others have said about her being upstanding is not so true.

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