Ryan Barden, age 30, last known address, 56 Grant St., Laconia

NASHUA — Prosecutors in the case of Ryan Barden, who faces two counts of second-degree murder in last month’s bludgeoning death of Nashua resident Jared Daly, have been granted their motion to extend the deadline by which they must file evidence with the court.

Superior Court Judge Charles Temple last week granted the motion, which was assented to by the defense, meaning that Barden’s lawyers didn’t object to the prosecutors’ motion.

Temple subsequently scheduled a dispositional conference for 8 a.m. Nov. 23, according to Barden’s case summary.

Meanwhile, around the same time, prosecutors agreed to nol pros, or dismiss, two other charges — identity fraud and breach of bail — that had been pending against Barden.

A Nashua police officer arrested Barden on those two charges on Aug. 12 — one day before police charged him with Daly’s murder, according to court documents.

Investigators, including a representative of the state Medical Examiner’s office, determined that Daly was killed in the early morning hours of Aug. 9. His body was found on Aug. 11 by officers called to his 5 Hanover St. apartment to conduct a well-being check.

The timeline indicates that Daly had been killed — but his body not yet found — when police arrested Barden on the identity fraud and breach of bail charges.

Documents state that Barden allegedly used someone else’s ID — possibly Daly’s — when he went to a Nashua tow lot to pay the tow bill and pick up an older model Honda automobile, which, indications are, may have belonged to Daly.

Meanwhile, one of the second-degree murder charges accuses Barden of “knowingly” causing the death” of Daly “by striking him in the head,” and the other of “recklessly” causing Daly’s death by “striking him in the head under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life,” according to the complaints.

Barden, whose last known address is 56 Grant St. in Laconia, was tracked down and arrested in the town of Belmont by a U.S. Marshal’s Joint Fugitive Task Force consisting of members of several law enforcement agencies.

Authorities said the task force had tracked Barden to a home on Stark Road, where they found him hiding in a closet.

In another development in the case, Manchester-based attorneys Jaye L. Rancourt and John P. Newman have signed on as Barden’s lawyers as of about 10 days ago.

Dean Shalhoup may be reached at 594-1256 or dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com.