Highgate daughter barred from contacting mother in jail

Erika Guttilla appears in Vermont Superior Court in St. Albans on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Pool photo by Greg Lamoureaux/County Courier
ST. ALBANS – A Highgate woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting death of her ex-boyfriend, whose body was allegedly stored in a trash can for weeks and then dumped on an abandoned playground.
Franklin County Superior Court Judge Martin Maley ordered Erika Guttilla, 31, to be held behind bars without bail and said