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Carpenter begins his affair with Sandy Merritt
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Pen divorces Richard Rankin
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Sandy breaks up with Carpenter
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Pen speaks with Carpenter on Sandy's behalf
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Pen hosts Thanksgiving; Sandy attends with another man
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Carpenter confronts Pen at Millies re: Thanksgiving
Meyer's testimony is a brief account of conversations she had with Carpenter on Merritt's behalf on Nov. 23 and Nov.
26 during which, she said, Carpenter swore at her and told her to back off.
"Both times, he got really, really angry at me and felt that I was an instigator," Meyer said.
Meyer said she went to the police and "discussed (Carpenter's) anger and how uncomfortable I was with that." She
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Newport Police interview Sandy about stalking; warn Carpenter to leave her alone
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Pen calls Goshen police about Carpenter
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Sandy files stalking petition
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Carpenter confronts Fredrick Evans
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Newport District court grants stalking petition against Carpenter
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Restraining order hearing between Sandy & Carpenter
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Carpenter attends AA on 23rd anniversary of his sobriety
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Carpenter follows Pen into her driveway, but leaves
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Carpenter arrested for violating restraining order
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Carpenter fined $1,500 for violating court order
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Pen, Purick go to AA meeting; Pen expresses fear
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Day 1: Pen goes missing
7:00 am Neighbor spots man in car outside Pen's home
7:40 am Pen calls Sandy and urges her to get back to Carpenter
10:00 am Carpenter videotaped at T-Bird MiniMart in Claremont
mid-afternoon Pen fails to pick up Joanne Duford
9:30 pm Purick finds Pen's house empty, later calls police
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Day 2: Carpenter burns brush, goes to AA
8:00 am Logger discovers Carpenter burning brush | 7:00ish Carpenter attends AA meeting smelling like burnt hair | 8:00 pm NHSP interview Ken at Newport PD for the first time -
Day 4: Police get "anonymous" phone call, discover key taped to payphone; Carpenter tells Sandy the mystery will be over soon
Afternoon: Police get an anonymous call from Carpenter | Early Evening: Police discover key to safe deposit box taped to payphone with orange duct tape | Evening: Carpenter tell Sandy on the phone all will be revealed soon. -
Day 5: NHSP discover fire pit
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Carpenter arrested bedside for Pen's murder
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Probable cause hearing
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Pen's memorial service
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Indictment deadline passes
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Phone call between Carpenter and Harve
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Harve calls NHSP; further remains discovered in a stump
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Harve tells Carpenter she called police
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Death certificate for Pen issues after teeth identification
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"The Pen Meyer Bridge" dedicated in Goshen
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Judge rejects motion to dismiss charges
NEWPORT - A judge yesterday rejected a motion to dismiss charges against Ken Carpenter of Lempster, who was
arrested in March and accused of killing a 55-year-old Goshen woman and burning her body. Carpenter's public
defender, John Newman, asked the judge to dismiss charges because his client had not been afforded a speedy
indictment and the delayhindered his ability to build a defense.
In answer to a separate motion, Judge Arthur Brennan approved the defense's request for a bail hearing.
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Carpenter denied bail
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Phone call between Harve & Carpenter
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More evidence recovered from burn barrel
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Grand jury indicts Carpenter for first-degree murder
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Carpenter waives arraignment
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Harve finds memo pad and tree branch
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Carpenter accused of planning escape
In October 2005, he wrote friends asking that they have his motorcycle, a rain suit and a full-face helmet ready for
him. Because of these attempts, corrections officials transferred Carpenter to the Merrimack County House of
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Defense argues against DNA testing
Lawyers argued yesterday over whether the state should be permitted to grind up and test a bone fragment that the
police say is part of the remains of a murdered Goshen woman. The bone was found outside the Lempster home of
Ken Carpenter who is charged with first degree murder and accused of killing 55-year-old Pen Meyer and burning her
body.
The prosecution wants to conduct a mitochondrial DNA test on the bone, which would be consumed in the process.
Yesterday, Carpenter's lawyers argued to pre -
Harve tells police to look in toolbox
In January 2006, Harvey sent police a letter telling them to look in a toolbox at the Lempster property for additional
evidence. Inside a black toolbox outside the house, police found a key to a Honda and an Alcoholics Anonymous
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State seeks handwriting analysis
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Sisti takes up Carpenter's defense
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Original date for jury selection
2006 trial date set in murder of Meyer
New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester, NH) - Saturday, October 8, 2005
NORTH HAVERHILL (AP) -- A Lempster man accused of killing a Goshen woman and burning her remains in a fire pit
will be tried next year.
A Grafton County Superior Court judge yesterday set a November 2006 trial date for Kenneth Carpenter, who
allegedly killed Edith "Pen" Meyer because she was interfering in his relationship with another woman.
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Aryan inmate tells guard Carpenter planning escape
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Trial postponed again
NEWPORT (AP) -- A judge postponed the first-degree murder trial of a man accused of killing a woman and burning
her body.
Ken Carpenter, 55, is accused of killing Edith "Pen" Meyer in March 2005, and then incinerating the body. His trial was
scheduled to begin May 7 but Judge Philip Mangones recently granted a defense motion to postpone it for at least 60
days.
Carpenter's lawyers asked for more time to have an expert review handwriting analysis reports and because they are
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Carpenter asks inmate "WT" to hide Sandy, kill Purick
On Monday, an inmate referred to by his initials, W.T., told the state police that Carpenter had asked W.T. to have his
wife contact Merritt to persuade her not to testify against Carpenter, to get her a bus ticket out of town during the trial
or to get her "lost" in the woods, according to a motion from the state. In return, Carpenter offered to give the inmate a
1985 bucket truck, the filing said.
Carpenter also talked to W.T. about Meyer's boyfriend, Jonathan Purick.
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Carpenter appeals to NH Supreme Court over quizzing former attorney
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Carpenter trial begins; Welker withdraws WT from witness list
On Monday, an inmate referred to by his initials, W.T., told the state police that Carpenter had asked W.T. to have his
wife contact Merritt to persuade her not to testify against Carpenter, to get her a bus ticket out of town during the trial
or to get her "lost" in the woods, according to a motion from the state. In return, Carpenter offered to give the inmate a
1985 bucket truck, the filing said.
Carpenter also talked to W.T. about Meyer's boyfriend, Jonathan Purick.
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Jury selection begins
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Harve petitions for divorce from Carpenter
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Jury views homes, crime scene
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Opening arguments begin
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Both sides rest
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Closing arguments
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Carpenter convicted, gets life without parole
After about two hours of deliberation, a Sullivan County Superior Court jury convicted Ken Carpenter of
first-degree murder yesterday for killing Edith "Pen" Meyer and incinerating her body in early 2005.
