From LaBranche’s appeal: On the afternoon of August 29, 2005, motorists witnessed the defendant’s mother, Jane Labranche, lying by the road outside of the home she shared with the defendant in Franklin. Several witnesses stopped to help Jane, who was covered in blood from repeated stab wounds. One witness testified that Jane told him that it was her son, the defendant, who stabbed her and that he was still in the house. Jane later died from multiple stab wounds. After Jane was seen lying by the road, the defendant was seen leaving the house and driving away in his Chevrolet Nova. Later that day, police found the defendant in Concord sitting in his parked Nova. He was arrested for the murder of Jane Labranche.
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Filed under: crime, murder, murder in the 21st Century | Tagged: 2005, homicide, Insanity, Jane LaBranche, matricide, mental illness, Michael LaBranche Jr., New Hamshire, stabbing |
This is my step brother and I grew up with him. I never knew him like this but he did have a temper!