Woman Charged In Murder Of Westminster Man

ASHBURNHAM, MA—A 21-year-old Ashburnham woman has been charged with murder in the death of a Westminster man who had been reported missing last month and whose body was later found in New Hampshire, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.

Winchendon District Court Judge Arthur F. Haley ordered Julia R. Enright held without bail at her arraignment on Tuesday afternoon and continued her case to Aug. 29.

Brandon Chicklis, who would have turned 21 on July 24, left his home on June 23 to visit family in New Hampshire. Family members reported him missing the next day when he didn’t show up, said the DA. His vehicle was discovered on June 29 in the parking lot of a Hannaford Supermarket on Route 202 in Rindge, NH.

His body was found on July 10 on the side of Route 119 in Rindge, about six miles from the supermarket.

Investigators, who searched Enright’s residence at Packard Hill Road last week, believe Chicklis was slain in Ashburnham and his body was taken to New Hampshire. Enright was arrested on Monday night at the Ashburnham Police Department.

Early said Chicklis and Enright had been classmates at Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School and knew each other.

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