December 23, 2024
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Two in Smart murder may be paroled in ’05

CONCORD, N.H. – Two participants in New Hampshire’s notorious Pamela Smart murder case may be freed from prison this year.

Raymond Fowler, who was a teenager who waited in the getaway car in the 1990 case and was returned to prison for violating parole, was paroled again Thursday. Vance Lattime, who also was a teenager at the time, had his sentence reduced by three years in February, making him eligible for parole later this year.

John Eckert, executive assistant to the Parole Board, said Fowler, now 34, can leave state prison as early as June 14 if his parole officer is satisfied with Fowler’s job and housing arrangements.

Fowler was released last year but was returned to prison after being cited for a middle-of-the-night visit to his ex-girlfriend in Massachusetts. Fowler said he went to the apartment to talk to her after he was told she was doing drugs while pregnant with his child.


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