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Prue Found Guilty In Murder Of Melissa Jenkins

Vermont Public | By Melody Bodette,
Mitch Wertlieb
Published October 23, 2014 at 7:52 AM EDT
Glenn Russell
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Associated Press, Burlington Free Press
Meridith Berry, Melissa Jenkins' cousin, hugs Capt. Bob Cushing of the Vermont State Police, Wednesday, in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington, after Allen Prue was found guilty of first-degree murder for the 2012 murder of Melissa Jenkins.

A jury in Burlington yesterday found Allen Prue guilty in the murder of Melissa Jenkins.

Jenkins was 33 years old when she was murdered on March 25, 2012. Her body was found in the Connecticut River the next day.

Jenkins was a teacher at St. Johnsbury Academy. Allen Prue, 32, was charged along with his wife Patricia Prue in the murder, but Patricia Prue will be tried separately. That trial is expected to begin in February.

A sentencing date for Prue has not yet been set, but he is facing up to 35 years to life in prison.

VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb spoke with Caledonian Record reporter Todd Wellington about the case.
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Melody Bodette
Melody is the Contributing Editor for But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids and the co-author of two But Why books with Jane Lindholm.
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Mitch Wertlieb
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
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