Vermont Supreme Court reverses dismissal of murder charge in death of NY woman

The Vermont Supreme Court has overturned a trial court's decision to dismiss with prejudice a murder charge in the case of a Vermont man accused of killing his girlfriend back in 2019.

A second-degree murder charge against Deven Moffitt, of Bennington, was dismissed with prejudice in January 2025 in Bennington Superior Court.

Moffitt was arrested back in June 2022 in connection with the death of 43-year-old Jessica Hildenbrandt, of Ballston Spa, NY.

Detectives determined that Hildenbrandt and Moffitt had been in a relationship while Moffitt was incarcerated in Vermont on a previous conviction.