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3 gas Etters indicted in Lyman

couple's carbon monoxide
poisoning deaths
By John Koziol Union Leader Correspondent
Nov 19, 2020 Updated Nov 21, 2020

Three men who installed a heating system in the

home of a Lyman couple who died last year of
carbon monoxide poisoning have been indicted
on charges of negligent homicide.

John “Jack” Joseph Courtney Jr., 71, his wife,

April (Jacques) Courtney, 63, and several pets
succumbed to carbon-monoxide poisoning at 29
Wilderness Acres Road on Jan. 26, 2019, State
Fire Marshal Paul Parisi said after the incident.

Indicted on two counts each of negligent

homicide were licensed gas Etters Adam Vigent,
51, of North Haverhill; Philip L. Poirier, 28, of
Corinth, Vt.; and Richard B. Mallett Jr., 49, of
Woodsville.

Poirier and Mallett were also indicted on a single

count each of reckless conduct.

According to the indictments, Vigent developed

the plan to install the gas boiler and vent-heating
system at the Courtneys’ house and then
directed Poirier and Mallett to carry it out.

Vigent’s plan used the hole from an old vent

system, the indictments said, but it was “not
compliant with the manufacturer-required height
for snow load speciEc to that area.”

Reusing the old hole, the indictments said, left

the vent terminal pipe “vulnerable to snow
and/or ice damage and/or blockage.”

The improper installation, the indictments said,

“caused the cycling of exhaust gases back into
the boiler and residence, increasing the carbon
monoxide levels in the residence to a fatal level.”

All of the charges are class B felonies

punishable by three and a half to seven years in
prison.

northcountrynews@unionleader.com

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