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This article details a homicide including an analysis of injuries sustained and the events involved. Reader discretion is advised.
A man accused of first-degree murder was allowed to leave a Cornwall courtroom Wednesday after saying the images of the victim were too distressing for him to see.
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Brandon Smeltzer, 27, confessed to killing the mother of his young child in October 2018 and dumping her body in a Lancaster cornfield the next day. Emilie Maheu was 26 at the time of her death and was found by a local farmer. Smeltzer is accused of planning the murder and faces life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for at least 25 years if convicted.