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Husband admits to shooting, dismembering wife

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THAT HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN THE BUS THE COUPLE DROVE ARE THOSE OF EMILY. JOSEPH FACING A JUDGE VIRALTU WEDNESDAY MORNING. PLEADING NOT GUIYLT TO A FENYLO COUNT OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. >> WE DO BIEEL THE EVIDENCE OF GUILT IS GREAT AND WE ARE SEEKING HE BE HELD WITHOUT BAIL NDPEING AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING. >> VERMONT STATE POLEIC SAY THE 41-YEAR-OLD CONFESSED TO KILLING HIS 22-YEAR-OLD WIFE. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, HE TOLD POLICE THE COUPLE DROVE THIS BUS FMRO HAMPSHIRE — FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE TO VERMONT WHERE THEY PNLA TO CELEBRATE THEIR FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. INVESTIGATORS SAY WHENHE T COUPLE ARRIVED, THEY GOT INTO A HEATED ARGUMENT AND HE SHOT HIS WIFE TWICEN E I HEAD. THE NEXT DAY,OL PICE SAY HE DROVE THE BUS TO A FRIEND’S HOME, THEN DISMEMBERED EMILY’S BODY, PLACING IT IN GARBAGE BAGS IN T CHEAMPERS BATHROOM. ON MONDAY, HE RETURNED TO WNE HAMPSHIRE. EMILY’S FAMILY ASKED HIM WHERE SHE WAS THEN CALLED POLICE. POLICE SAY WHEN EYTH TOOK HIM IN FOR QUESTIONING, THAT IS WHEN HE COESNFSED. >> HE LEFT THE BODY INHE VAN FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND TTHA IS WHERET I WAS ULTIMATELY RECOVERED BY THE POLICE. >> EMILY’S FAMILY HEARTBROKEN. >> QUITE DEVASTATED. HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. DEVASTATED. >> EMILY’S MOTHER TELLING POLICE THERE WAS A HISTORY OF DOMESCTI VIOLENCE IN HER DAUGHTER’S RELATIONSHIP. POLICE WERE NERVE INVOLVED IN ANY PRIOR INCIDESNT BUT PROSECUTORS WANT TO DO ME ORFOR ANYONE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION. >> I THINK WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A BETTER WAY TO HELP A LOT OF THESE SURVIVORS IN THE

Husband of missing Northfield woman admits to shooting, dismembering wife, according to affidavit

Pleaded “not guilty” to murder charge

The husband of a Northfield woman has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge on Wednesday. Police said he admitted to shooting and dismembering his wife.Emily Ferlazzo, 22, was reported missing by her family on Monday. Her husband, Joseph Ferlazzo, 41, was arrested Monday in Vermont, where the couple was vacationing.An affidavit said Joseph Ferlazzo told investigators that they had an argument, which included Emily Ferlazzo kicking and hitting him. It said he admitted to using a handgun to shoot her, then put a garbage bag over her head and put her body in the bathroom of their camper.That paperwork said that after several hours, Joseph Ferlazzo allegedly used a handsaw to cut apart his wife’s body.Investigators said they found human remains, a gun and a handsaw in the van the couple had been vacationing in.”The allegation is that Mr. Ferlazzo got into an argument with his wife and shot her, killing her in Bolton. He left the body in the van for several days and that is where it was ultimately recovered by police,” Chittenden County State Attorney Sarah George. Investigators confirmed the human remains found in the bus the couple drove are those of Emily Ferlazzo.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Remains believed to be missing New Hampshire woman found by Vermont State Police

BOLTON, Vt. —

The husband of a Northfield woman has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge on Wednesday. Police said he admitted to shooting and dismembering his wife.

Emily Ferlazzo, 22, was reported missing by her family on Monday. Her husband, Joseph Ferlazzo, 41, was arrested Monday in Vermont, where the couple was vacationing.

An affidavit said Joseph Ferlazzo told investigators that they had an argument, which included Emily Ferlazzo kicking and hitting him. It said he admitted to using a handgun to shoot her, then put a garbage bag over her head and put her body in the bathroom of their camper.

That paperwork said that after several hours, Joseph Ferlazzo allegedly used a handsaw to cut apart his wife’s body.

Investigators said they found human remains, a gun and a handsaw in the van the couple had been vacationing in.

“The allegation is that Mr. Ferlazzo got into an argument with his wife and shot her, killing her in Bolton. He left the body in the van for several days and that is where it was ultimately recovered by police,” Chittenden County State Attorney Sarah George.

Investigators confirmed the human remains found in the bus the couple drove are those of Emily Ferlazzo.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Remains believed to be missing New Hampshire woman found by Vermont State Police