Mazzaglia Gets Maximum Sentence in Marriot Murder

Seth Mazzaglia, the man who was convicted of murdering Westborough college student Elizabeth “Lizzi” Marriott in 2012, has been sentenced to life in prison, according to a post on The Huffington Post.

Mazzaglia was found guilty in June of the first-degree murder and sexual assault of Marriott, at 19-year-old UNH student, who was lured to an apartment in Dover by Kathryn McDonough, his girlfriend. The couple later dumped her body in a river and she has still not been found. The jury Strafford Superior Court offered unanimous verdicts.

At the sentencing on Aug. 14, members of the Marriott family confronted Mazzaglia, including the slain student’s mother, who said her daughter had “the self-confidence and the self-esteem to say no to you” which is why he murdered her.

“Mr. Mazzaglia, I want you to know that I unequivocally hate you,” Melissa Marriott stated at the hearing. “You are a cowardly, despicable person. You stole our smart, vivacious, beautiful daughter from us.”

Mazzaglia initially tried to skip the sentencing, telling his mother in a phone call that he shouldn’t have to sit and listen to the family, proclaiming his innocence.

Read more coverage on The Huffington Post.