Mother of 5-year-old New Hampshire boy found dead in Massachusetts to plead guilty to murder

The mother of Elijah Lewis will plead guilty to his murder, nearly three years after the 5-year-old boy was found dead in a Massachusetts park in 2021.

Danielle Dauphinais of Merrimack will plead guilty to second-degree murder and two counts of witness tampering in the killing of her son, according to a plea filing in Hillsborough Superior Court Southern District on Monday.

Dauphinais was indicted by a grand jury on murder charges in connection with her son’s death in April 2022 . Dauphinais and her boyfriend, Joseph Stapf, were originally charged with witness tampering and child endangerment. Both remain in prison…

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