Rejecting a claim of self-defense, a jury has convicted a New Hampshire man of first-degree murder in the October 2021 fatal shooting of his wife in their camper in Bolton. The couple had traveled to Vermont to meet up with relatives to mark their one-year wedding anniversary.
The 12-person panel returned the verdict Friday against 44-year-old Joseph Ferlazzo in Chittenden County Superior criminal court in Burlington. The verdict followed a weeklong trial and five hours of jury deliberations over parts of two days, which included listening to a roughly 50-minute playback of his testimony.
The jury also could have considered two lesser charges: second-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter.