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New Hampshire man first to be charged under state's fetal homicide law.

By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter Sunday, March 24, 2024

A New Hampshire man was indicted last week by a grand jury for allegedly murdering a pregnant woman and her unborn child, marking the first charge under the state's fetal homicide law that passed in 2018.

William Kelly, 38, stands accused of second-degree murder related to the death of Christine Falzone, 33, and her baby, whom an autopsy determined was between 35 to 37 weeks old and near birth, according to a March 15 announcement from the New Hampshire Department of Justice.

The New Hampshire DOJ said that Kelly was slapped with a charge for each alleged victim, noting that Falzone's death occurred "under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life by means of multiple blunt force injuries." CP.