Younger Dingman up for parole in killing of parents

Jeffrey Dingman during the 1997 trial at Strafford County Superior Court in Dover. (Courtesy photo)

Jeffrey Dingman, who helped his older brother kill their 40-year-old parents 17 years ago in their Rochester home, is eligible for parole.

Jeffrey, who turned 14 just two weeks before the 1996 killings, got 30 years to life in a plea deal during their 1997 trial.

Robert, meanwhile, was 17 when the two teens, resentful of parental controls and discipline, took turns fatally shooting their mother and father on a Friday night in February. Robert Dingman was given a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

Jeffrey, 31, who testified against his brother in return for a second-degree murder charge, has a hearing with the parole board sometime next week.

It would be an early Christmas gift for Jeffrey Dingman, who testified at the trial that his older brother instigated the killings, which they carried out using their father’s .22 caliber handgun.

After the carnage the two teenagers stuffed their parents’ dead bodies into garbage bags, putting their father’s corpse in the attic, their mother’s in the basement.

Later that night Jeffrey is said to have gone out to play basketball with friends, while his elder brother visited a girlfriend.

When parents Vance and Eve Dingman didn’t report to work the following Monday, co-workers alerted police who visited the house and found the bodies.