Former drug ring enforcer said kingpin wanted girlfriend out of his life ASAP

Fromer Farmington police officer Brian Gore IDs a disc that holds surveillance images from stores where police allege Timothy Verrill shopped on Friday afternoon for supplies to clean up the Meaderboro Road house after the killings (Court TV screenshot)

DOVER - One of the men the defense has sought to portray as a potential alternative suspect in the deaths of two women in Farmington in 2017 underwent withering questioning from the defense during a grueling five hours on the stand on Friday as he was questioned about his actions in the days leading up to the murders.
It was the fourth day of testimony in the Timothy Verrill double-murder trial, which is expected to continue at Strafford Superior Court into April.
Verrill, 41, is charged in the Jan. 27, 2017, killing of Christine Sullivan, 48, and Jenna Pellegrini, 32, of Barrington. Both were found dead of multiple stab wounds, according to a coroner's report.

Christine Sullivan, Timothy Verrill, Jenna Pellegrini

Verrill has been incarcerated since February 2017 when he was arrested in Massachusetts. His first trial in 2019 ended in a mistrial after it was learned the New Hampshire State Police Major Crimes Unit had failed to turn over massive amounts of evidence, some of which was exculpatory, meaning it may have benefited the defense.
Under questioning by defense attorney Matthew McNicoll, Colwell, a convicted drug felon and former addict, was asked about the relationship between Sullivan and her longtime boyfriend Dean Smoronk, who owned the Farmington house where the murders occurred. Smoronk, a thrice-convicted drug trafficker, was the ringleader of the drug enterprise.
"He would say he hated her, he would tell me that," Colwell testified. "He wanted her out of his life ASAP."
McNicoll also asked Colwell about his conversation with Verrill around 1 a.m. on Jan. 27 when he asked Colwell if he thought Pellagrini was a police informant.
"I said I don't know," Colwell said.
When Verrill continued to voice his suspicions Colwell told him to call Smoronk who was in Florida.
After Smoronk told him over the phone not to worry about it, Verrill remained suspicious, Colwell noted.
Verrill then said he was going to go back to the house and set up some cameras.
"Were you concerned when he went up there?" McNicoll questioned Colwell.
"I don't know, not to the point where I thought anything bad would happen," he replied.
Police believe the women were killed around 6:30 a.m.
Later that day around noon Verrill returned to Colwell's Farmington home, arriving dressed in pants and a T-shirt on a frigid January day.
"During questioning by the state you said he smelled of body odor, right?" asked McNicoll.
"Yes," said Colwell.
"Did he always smell of body odor?" asked McNicoll.
"That's fair," replied Colwell.
"Did you notice anything unusual about his pants?"
"No."
"No blood?"
"Not that I can recall."
"He wasn't bleeding?"
"No."
Colwell was also questioned about when he picked up Smoronk at Logan Airport early Jan. 29.
Colwell testified that his girlfriend was with them in the car as they returned to New Hampshire, but dropped her off at their Farmington home before just he and Smoronk continued on to 979 Meaderboro Road.
He said he was only there for about 15 minutes to help Smoronk clear the house. He recalled watching as Smoronk took a picture of a bloody mattress in an upstairs bedroom. Soon after he left, but not before taking drugs that Smoronk didn't want to have around when the police came.
Verrill faces life in prison if convicted.