Topic: Furgal Trial
Furgal sentenced to 40 years in prison for 2009 iPod murder - with video
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Wednesday, April 20, 2011
NASHUA – Corey Furgal, who was convicted earlier this year of killing a Merrimack man in 2009, will spend at least 32 years behind bars, …
Victim’s family has closure after conviction
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Sunday, February 13, 2011
NASHUA – Photos of Lorri Geoffroy’s youngest son cover her Lake Street apartment like the pages of an old scrapbook. One shot, posted to the …
Corey Furgal guilty of murder for Halloween stabbing
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Thursday, February 10, 2011
NASHUA – A jury convicted Corey Furgal, 25, on two counts of second degree murder Wednesday morning for stabbing Christopher Vydfol to death at a …
Jury deliberates Furgal’s fate
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Tuesday, February 8, 2011
10:25 a.m. update: NASHUA - Jurors in the Corey Furgal murder trial could decide his fate today. After receiving instructions from Judge Diane Nicolosi, the …
Furgal testifies: ‘I was scared’
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Saturday, February 5, 2011
NASHUA – More than once, Corey Furgal told Christopher Vydfol to remove his hands from Furgal’s shoulders as the two stood at the head of …
Furgal testimony closes second week of murder trial
Friday, February 4, 2011
NASHUA – Corey Furgal took the witness stand this afternoon bringing to a close the second week of his murder trial in Hillsborough County Superior …
Examiner: Victim had cuts and bruises
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Friday, February 4, 2011
NASHUA – Cuts and bruises covered parts of Christopher Vydfol’s body following the deadly 2009 Halloween party where he was stabbed to death, witnesses testified …
Furgal told police he blacked out
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Wednesday, February 2, 2011
NASHUA – Corey Furgal, charged with the murder of a Nashua man at a 2009 Halloween party, told police investigators after the party that he …
Witnesses tell of Vydfol role averting fight
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Tuesday, February 1, 2011
NASHUA – In the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 2009, Christopher Vydfol stood between Corey Furgal and a fight. Vydfol, 20, stood between his …
Party guest says victim’s brother held screwdriver
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Saturday, January 29, 2011
NASHUA – At least one member of the group that followed Corey Furgal from a Halloween house party in 2009 held a weapon, witnesses testified …
Furgal trial: Search for iPod preceded fatal fight
Friday, January 28, 2011
NASHUA – The fourth day of the Corey Furgal murder trial opened Friday morning with testimony from the owner of the iPod that Furgal was …
Witnesses: Party guests did not threaten murder suspect Furgal
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Friday, January 28, 2011
NASHUA – An angry group of about six people followed behind Corey Furgal in the early hours of Nov. 1, 2009, as he went to …
Host: Furgal not invited to ’09 party
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Thursday, January 27, 2011
NASHUA – Corey Furgal wasn’t invited in 2009 to the Halloween house party where Christopher Vydfol was stabbed to death. But Furgal showed up anyway. …
Lawyers talk of iPod, knife
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Wednesday, January 26, 2011
NASHUA – Sleek and silver, the iPod that attorney James Vara held above his head Tuesday in Hillsborough County Superior Court was smaller than the …
Stabbing case jury selected in a day
By ANDREW WOLFE Staff Writer | Tuesday, January 25, 2011
NASHUA – Jury selection began Monday morning for the trial of a Merrimack man who claims he stabbed another young man in self-defense after a …
Selection of jury starting in trial over fatal stabbing
By ANDREW WOLFE Staff Writer | Monday, January 24, 2011
NASHUA – Jury selection is set to begin today in the trial of a Merrimack man who claims he stabbed a Nashua man in self-defense …
No right to bail on murder charges, court rules
By ANDREW WOLFE Staff Writer | Thursday, November 25, 2010
CONCORD - Ruling in the case of a Merrimack man accused of stabbing a Nashua man to death, the Supreme Court on Wednesday reaffirmed the …
Family struggles forward after son’s murder
By KAREN LOVETT Staff Writer | Tuesday, April 27, 2010
NASHUA – Every now and then, she catches a glimpse of him in the newspaper. A dark-haired man, orange jumpsuit, face seemingly blank. A man …
Bail issues for accused murderer
By JOSEPH G. COTE Staff Writer | Tuesday, April 6, 2010
NASHUA – A lawyer for a man charged in a Halloween party killing expects the state Supreme Court will eventually settle the issue of bail …
Friends connected by two murders
By JOSEPH G. COTE Staff Writer | Sunday, March 21, 2010
NASHUA – Katie Loewy wants vengeance. She wants compassion. It’s a contradiction she’s aware of, but still can’t come to terms with. Loewy, a 19-year-old …
Man pleads not guilty in stabbing death
By CHELSEY POLLOCK New Hampshire Union Leader | Thursday, March 11, 2010
NASHUA – A bail hearing was continued Tuesday at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Nashua for a Merrimack man charged with second- degree murder in …
Theft accusation may have led to murder
By KAREN LOVETT Staff Writer | Wednesday, February 17, 2010
MERRIMACK – A dispute over a missing iPod set off a confrontation that led to murder at a Halloween party in Merrimack last fall, according …
Accused killer will argue for bail
By ANDREW WOLFE Staff Writer | Friday, February 5, 2010
NASHUA – Lawyers for a Merrimack man accused of stabbing another young man to death at a Halloween party have renewed a challenge to a …
Man faces murder charges in stabbing
By JOSEPH G. COTE Staff Writer | Thursday, January 28, 2010
MERRIMACK – The man who police say stabbed and killed a 20-year-old Nashua man in November was indicted on charges of second-degree murder this week. …
Defendant waives hearing in Merrimack murder
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
MERRIMACK - A Merrimack man waived his right to a probable cause hearing Tuesday morning on charges that he stabbed a Nashua man to death …
Man arrested after stabbing at area party
By JOSEPH G. COTE Staff Writer | Thursday, November 5, 2009
Police have made an arrest in the fatal stabbing of a man at a party in Merrimack early Sunday. Local and state police are also …
Host faces alcohol charge in NH party death case
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
BC-NH — Party-Stabbing Death,0135 Host faces alcohol charge in NH party death case Eds: APNewsNow. MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man who hosted …
Family, friends recall victim
By JOSEPH G. COTE and MICHAEL BRINDLEY Staff Writers | Tuesday, November 3, 2009
MERRIMACK – Chris Vydfol barely had a chance to grow up. Vydfol, 20, of Nashua, was killed at a Merrimack house party Sunday when 23-year-old …
NH stabbing suspect due in court
Monday, November 2, 2009
BC-NH — Party-Stabbing Death, 2nd Ld-Writethru,0125 NH stabbing suspect due in court Eds: UPDATES with autopsy. APNewsNow. MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — A 23-year-old Merrimack man …
NH stabbing suspect due in court
Monday, November 2, 2009
MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — A 23-year-old Merrimack man accused of stabbing another man to death during a fight at a party has made his first …
NH stabbing suspect due in court
Monday, November 2, 2009
MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — A 23-year-old Merrimack man is due in court to answer charges stemming from a stabbing that killed a man during a …
Stabbing at NH house party kills 20-year-old man
Sunday, November 1, 2009
MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — Authorities in New Hampshire say they’ve made an arrest in a stabbing that killed a 20-year-old man during a fight at …
