Lakes Region Child Sexual Assaulter Guilty In Killings Of Woman, Unborn Child In Ossipee: Follow-Up

CONCORD, NH — A Carroll County jury on Thursday found William Kelly of Ossipee guilty of two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the Dec. 17, 2023, deaths of Christine Falzone, 33, and her unborn child.

The New Hampshire Attorney General's office reported evidence presented at trial established that Kelly assaulted Falzone inside the couple's residence in Ossipee. The assault caused injuries that resulted in the deaths of both Falzone and her nearly full-term unborn child. The case marked the first prosecution under a New Hampshire law allowing a murder charge for the death of a fetus.

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"Our thoughts remain with Christine Falzone's loved ones, who have endured an unimaginable loss," said Attorney General John Formella said. "We are grateful for our dedicated trial team, the diligent investigators who worked this case, as well as for the careful work of the jury throughout this trial. Domestic violence can have devastating and irreversible consequences, and we hope this verdict provides a measure of justice for Christine and her unborn child."

Formella also thanked members of the New Hampshire State Police Major Crime Unit, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and law enforcement officers and support personnel whose work contributed to the investigation and prosecution, according to the announcement.

According to the state, Kelly was convicted on a felonious sexual assault charge, where the victim was under 16 but over 13, with an age difference of two or more years, in March 2009 in Carroll County. Before the child sexual assault conviction, he was convicted of criminal mischief, simple assault, drug possession, and endangerment of a child-incompetent charges between 2004 and 2009. After being convicted on the child sexual assault charge, he was also charged and convicted on five counts of violation of probation or parole between 2009 and 2012, domestic violence-second degree assault in August 2019, a sex offender registration charge in December 2012, and duty to report and duty to inform charges in August 2011.

Sentencing is scheduled to be set by Carroll County Superior Court on Aug. 10 at 1 p.m.

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