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Review of NH murder-suicide finds shooter could have been held on preventive detention


Review of NH murder-suicide finds shooter could have been held on preventive detention

New Hampshire courts had enough evidence to hold the man who killed his estranged wife, a beloved manager at a popular restaurant, in a murder-suicide last month on preventive detention, according to a review from the state's judicial branch released Monday.

The state's Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee is also looking into the deaths in the White Mountains city of Berlin of Sandra Marisol Fuentes Huaracha, 25, and Michael Gleason Jr., 50, on July 6.

Fuentes Huaracha had accused Gleason of sexual assault, kidnapping and theft, and the Judicial Branch's review found several indicators of dangerousness and intimate partner violence that should have been enough for a magistrate judge and circuit court judge to hold Gleason on preventive detention -- he was instead released on $5,000 bail.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline by calling 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), visiting www.thehotline.org or texting LOVEIS to 22522.

More facts came to light later on, including that a 17-year-old girl accused Gleason of sexual assault and was granted an order preventing him from stalking her, which the committee, made up of two judges, said "highlight the need for repeated or subsequent screenings of alleged victims."

They issued five recommendations for the judicial branch:

Note that some details of the allegations against Gleason are graphic, and may be disturbing for some readers.

Associate Supreme Court Justice Melissa Countway and Judge Ellen V. Christo, administrative judge of the Circuit Court, conducted the review, which was set to coordinate with the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee where their investigations overlapped.

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