03-28-2012, 01:55 PM
WCAX
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ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. -
Court documents provide disturbing details about the murder of a young mother and beloved science teacher in the Northeast Kingdom.
Police say Allen Prue, 30, and Patricia Prue, 33, both participated in killing Melissa Jenkins. This morning at the Caledonia Courthouse, the husband and wife pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. They were held without bail.
According to a police affidavit, during questioning, Allen Prue confessed to elements of the crime. Prue told police he and his wife were driving around Sunday and came up with an idea to "get a girl." He told police his wife called Jenkins and told her they were having car trouble and asked if she could come help. Prue told police he strangled Jenkins there on the side of the road, and then the couple took her body back to their house, wrapped it in a tarp, tied a cinderblock to it, and took the body to Barnet and dumped it in the Connecticut River.
Police say the Prues became early suspects in the case because Jenkins had called a friend before she left and told him that she was going to assist her former plow truck driver who was having car trouble.
Police say Patricia Prue denied any involvement in the murder.
from link
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. -
Court documents provide disturbing details about the murder of a young mother and beloved science teacher in the Northeast Kingdom.
Police say Allen Prue, 30, and Patricia Prue, 33, both participated in killing Melissa Jenkins. This morning at the Caledonia Courthouse, the husband and wife pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. They were held without bail.
According to a police affidavit, during questioning, Allen Prue confessed to elements of the crime. Prue told police he and his wife were driving around Sunday and came up with an idea to "get a girl." He told police his wife called Jenkins and told her they were having car trouble and asked if she could come help. Prue told police he strangled Jenkins there on the side of the road, and then the couple took her body back to their house, wrapped it in a tarp, tied a cinderblock to it, and took the body to Barnet and dumped it in the Connecticut River.
Police say the Prues became early suspects in the case because Jenkins had called a friend before she left and told him that she was going to assist her former plow truck driver who was having car trouble.
Police say Patricia Prue denied any involvement in the murder.