Legal Opinion
Seth Bader v. Warden, New Hampshire State Prison
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 25, 2007No. 05-2587PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
Vicki Bader — ex-wife of appellant Seth Bader — was murdered on August 24, 1996, seemingly in Stratham, New Hampshire, and her body was found in a grave in Waterboro, Maine, on April 10, 1997. Police were led to the body by 14-year-old Joseph Bader, who was Seth’s adopted son and biological cousin. In December 1997, Joseph agreed with the state to enter a plea of “true” to a juvenile delinquency petition, confessing that he assisted in helping Seth murder Vicki.
At Seth’s trial in April and May 1998 in New Hampshire state court, Joseph testified against Seth for four trial…
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