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Manchester murder suspect due in court Monday

The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office said Stephanie Beard is scheduled to appear in court in Boston Monday to face a fugitive from justice charge. She's charged with second-degree murder in New Hampshire.

Manchester murder suspect due in court Monday

The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office said Stephanie Beard is scheduled to appear in court in Boston Monday to face a fugitive from justice charge. She's charged with second-degree murder in New Hampshire.

TO THE GRANITE STATE AS SOONS A TODAY. IF SHE DECIDES TO FIGHT EXTRADITION, THAT COULD DELAY HER RETURN BY WEEKS. 34-YEAR-D OLSTEPHANIE BEARD WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY IN BOSN, JUST A DAY AFTER THE BODY OF 71-YEAR-OLD JOHN GLENNON WAS DISCOVERED INSIDE HIS MANCHESTER HOME. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE AND POLICE SAY GLENNON HAD BEEN STABBED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE HEAD. ON FRIDAY, AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR BEARD, CHARGING HER WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER. BEARD ALSO FACES AN ADDITIALON CHARGE OF THEFT BY UNAUTHORIZED TAKINGOR F ALLEGEDLY STEALING GLENNON’S SILVER SUBARU IMPREZA. BEARD’S MOTHER TOLD NEWSNENI THAT HER DAUGHTER IS HOMELESS AND SUFFERING FROM ADDICONTI AND THAT IS REFLECTED IN HER CRIMINAL HISRY.TO BACK IN JANUARY OF 26,01 STEPHANIE BEARD WAS INDICT ONED POSSESSION AND ROBBERY CHARGES. SHE PLED GUILTY TO THOSE CHARGES EIGHT MONTHS LAT.ER SHE RECEIVED A SUSPENDED SENTENCE CONDITIONAL ON HER GETTING COUNSELING AND TREATMENT. IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, SHE WAS ARRESTED AGAIN. BEARD WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION, RESISTING ARREST AND BREACH OF BAIL. SHE IS SCHEDULED FOR A PLEA DAN SENTENCING HEARING ON THEOS CHARGES THIS JUNE. SO FAR AUTHORITIES HAVE TNO COMMENTED ON THE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BEARD AND GLENNON SAYING THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTATIG
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Manchester murder suspect due in court Monday

The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office said Stephanie Beard is scheduled to appear in court in Boston Monday to face a fugitive from justice charge. She's charged with second-degree murder in New Hampshire.

A woman wanted for the death of a Manchester man was arrested in Boston on Saturday, the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office and Manchester Police Department announced on Sunday.Stephanie Beard, 34, is charged with second-degree murder for causing the death of John Glennon, 71, who as found dead inside the Carpenter Center apartment complex on Franklin Street Friday morning, according to investigators. An arrest warrant was issued for Beard on Friday and the Boston Police Department arrested Beard on the warrant on Saturday. She is charged with being a fugitive from justice in Massachusetts, authorities said. She will be arraigned on Monday in the Boston Municipal Court, South Boston Division. Investigators believe Glennon was killed in the early-morning hours and had been stabbed in the head with a knife.An autopsy determined Glennon's cause of death was homicide, authorities said. A spokesman for the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office would not comment to WMUR about the nature of a relationship between Glennon and Stephanie Beard, if any.Investigators said Stephanie Beard was also charged with theft by unauthorized taking for stealing Glennon’s silver Subaru Impreza and was last seen heading south on Route 293 in the Manchester area driving that vehicle.Diane Beard, Stephanie's mother, said her daughter has been homeless and dealing with addiction for the past few years."Stephanie was a very, very, very good person, except she got mixed up in drugs," Diane Beard said. "She went overboard, and this is what came out of it. She was on drugs bad, and that's how she turned mental."

A woman wanted for the death of a Manchester man was arrested in Boston on Saturday, the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office and Manchester Police Department announced on Sunday.

Stephanie Beard, 34, is charged with second-degree murder for causing the death of John Glennon, 71, who as found dead inside the Carpenter Center apartment complex on Franklin Street Friday morning, according to investigators.

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An arrest warrant was issued for Beard on Friday and the Boston Police Department arrested Beard on the warrant on Saturday. She is charged with being a fugitive from justice in Massachusetts, authorities said. She will be arraigned on Monday in the Boston Municipal Court, South Boston Division.

Investigators believe Glennon was killed in the early-morning hours and had been stabbed in the head with a knife.

An autopsy determined Glennon's cause of death was homicide, authorities said.

A spokesman for the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office would not comment to WMUR about the nature of a relationship between Glennon and Stephanie Beard, if any.

Investigators said Stephanie Beard was also charged with theft by unauthorized taking for stealing Glennon’s silver Subaru Impreza and was last seen heading south on Route 293 in the Manchester area driving that vehicle.

Investigators said Stephanie Beard stole John Glennon's silver Subaru Impreza after murdering him.
NH Attorney General/Manchester Police

Diane Beard, Stephanie's mother, said her daughter has been homeless and dealing with addiction for the past few years.

"Stephanie was a very, very, very good person, except she got mixed up in drugs," Diane Beard said. "She went overboard, and this is what came out of it. She was on drugs bad, and that's how she turned mental."