BRENTWOOD — In 2005, Michael Deloge told his mother he was worried Sheila LaBarre was trying to kill him, according to a police affidavit.
State police went to LaBarre's sprawling horse farm in March 2006 to look for Kenneth Countie's remains. Only a few days later, they also were searching for Deloge's body.
New details about the LaBarre investigation were made public yesterday after The Eagle-Tribune petitioned Judge Tina Nadeau to have the rest of LaBarre's arrest warrant unsealed. Prosecutors did not object to the request.
The documents fill in the blanks as to how police learned of Deloge's death.
A notebook found inside a cupboard in LaBarre's home, which appears to chronicle an outdoor cremation, was dated July 1, 2005, "approximately the same time that anyone last (saw) Deloge," wrote state police Sgt. Robert Estabrook, a lead investigator in the case.
The height and weight listed in the notebook were similar to Deloge's. The 37-year-old Portsmouth man was 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighed 150 pounds, according to the affidavit.
LaBarre, 49, has admitted to killing both boyfriends. She pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Feb. 12 to killing Deloge in the fall of 2005 and Countie, 24, of Wilmington, Mass., in March 2006.
She goes to trial in Rockingham County Superior Court in May, hoping to convince a jury to send her to the state hospital instead of serving life in prison. She faces two counts of first-degree murder.
Nadeau found LaBarre's guilt was established beyond a reasonable doubt, so now only her sanity is at issue.
Police searched LaBarre's 115-acre farm for 17 days in 2006. They first spotted part of Countie's arm smoldering in a burn pile in the front yard on March 24.
Three days later, police drained LaBarre's septic tank, where parts of Deloge's cell phone and his birth certificate turned up with another human bone and a spent shell casing, the affidavit said. Prosecutors believe Deloge was killed between September and November 2005.
On March 30, 2006, police found LaBarre was still collecting Deloge's mail at her post office box in Raymond — months after his death. One neighbor, Arthur Wiggin, told police he often saw LaBarre and Deloge together — not under the friendliest of circumstances.
"He witnessed her punch, kick, throw, and knock down Deloge," Estabrook wrote. "One time he saw an injury on Deloge's stomach that looked like one that might have caused Deloge to have sustained internal injuries. In the past, he has seen LaBarre take a stick approximately 1 foot in diameter and 18 inches long, and beat Deloge senselessly."
Wiggin said he last saw Deloge in August 2005, repairing a tractor. LaBarre later told Wiggin that Deloge had left her.
"I don't know where he is," LaBarre said, according to the affidavit. "He left and his family doesn't want anything to do with him."
Another neighbor, Gregory Clark, said he saw LaBarre assault Deloge several times, according to the affidavit.
"Clark once saw LaBarre beat Deloge with a stick, while Deloge sat in a chair by a burn barrel outside," Estabrook wrote. "LaBarre beat Deloge about the head, shoulders and face."
While investigating Countie's murder, police began looking for LaBarre's recent boyfriends and an ex-husband.
One ex-boyfriend, James Brackett, told police LaBarre frequently scratched his face, fired a gun at him twice and threatened to kill him three times.
Prosecutors said no more charges are expected against LaBarre.
