October 19, 2012

Search to continue for body of UNH student

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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — New Hampshire's marine patrol will work through the weekend searching for the body of a University of New Hampshire sophomore who disappeared Oct. 9.

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This undated family photo shows Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott. The New Hampshire Attorney Generals office said Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 that Marriott, who disappeared Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 is dead, and a man has been charged with second-degree murder. (AP Photo/Britney Atwood)

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The New Hampshire Marine Patrol continues to search the Piscataqua River near a cliff on Pierce Island for the body Elizabeth "Lizzy" Marriott, a missing University of New Hampshire student on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 in Portsmouth, N.H. Seth Mazzaglia, a 29-year-old martial arts instructor was held without bail Monday on a charge of strangling or suffocating Marriott, who vanished a week ago. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young, who heads the criminal bureau, says there are no plans to suspend the search for the body of 19-year-old Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott of Westborough, Mass.

A 29-year-old UNH graduate was arrested Oct. 13 and charged with killing her, although prosecutors will not say what evidence led them to believe she is dead.

Seth Mazzaglia of Dover was arrested the day after police searched his Dover apartment and a trash receptacle at the house where he lives. He is charged with second-degree murder.

Young says the aerial search of the waters along New Hampshire's shoreline will resume Monday.

 

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This photo provided by the Dover (N.H.) Police Dept. shows Seth Mazzaglia. Authorities say Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott, a 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student missing for days is dead, and Mazzaglia has been charged with second-degree murder, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Dover (N.H.) Police Dept.)

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Seth Mazzaglia, bottom center, is seen during his video arraignment from the Strafford County jail in Dover, N.H. to the district court in Dover Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Mazzaglia was charged with killing Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott, a 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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