Bourgoin was found guilty in 2019 of five counts of second-degree murder, as well as lesser charges.
The jury believed Bourgoin intentionally drove the wrong way on I-89 in Williston in a fit of rage in 2016. The result of that drive was a fiery crash that killed a car full of innocent teenagers.
Mary Harris, 16, of Moretown; Cyrus Zschau, 16, of Moretown; Liam Hale, 16, of Fayston; Janie Chase Cozzi, 15, of Fayston; and Eli Brookens, 16, of Waterbury, died in the crash. Four of the childhood friends were Harwood Union High School juniors. Chase Cozzi attended Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire.
Prosecutors argued at trial that Bourgoin had a history of reacting to troubles in his life with intense anger including prior threats to use his car violently and destructively.
Strafford, Thetford Academy resume talks on agreement to send students
Modified: 12/20/2020 11:32:01 AM
THETFORD After a pandemic-induced hiatus, Thetford Academy has resumed negotiations with Strafford over a new agreement to designate the academy as Strafford’s high school.
As an opener, the Thetford Academy board has sent a letter to the Strafford School Board that says, in effect, if you’re going to designate us as your high school, you should send your students here.
Though the letter says that “Thetford Academy remains wholeheartedly committed to welcoming students from Strafford,” it goes on to say that “we do not believe the current way in which this designation agreement has been discharged serves either the Town of Strafford or Thetford Academy in accord with the intent of the designation statute.”