March 26, 2010
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Family members of a Manchester woman killed by her husband are speaking out as they begin to strengthen laws that could protect victims of domestic violence. Melissa Charbonneau was gunned down by her husband Jonathan in October 2009.
The murder was preceded two days earlier by a vicious beating that included strangulation. Now there is an effort in Concord to make strangulation a felony.
In severely beating his wife Missy, Jonathan Charbonneau put his hands around her neck and choked her until his daughter intervened. After his arrest he was charged with misdemeanors and bailed out of jail while Missy was still in the hospital.
