

She told officers that Lewis had been drinking and, during a struggle, lifted her off the ground and pushed her down a stairwell.

Within six months, police had been summoned to the couple’s Merrimack home, where they found Dauphinais bleeding from cuts to her torso, according to court records.

In 2013, Dauphinais and Lewis married in Nashua, N.H. She’d later forgo or lose custody of all three, according to Morrison, the childhood friend. For hours, the two would sit watching TV, with the teenage Danielle partial, Gail Dauphinais recalled, to stories of knights in shining armor.īy 25, she had three children by two fathers, court record show. When she was doing well, Dauphinais could be bubbly and sweet, said Gail Dauphinais, another ex-stepmother. But occasionally it took a darker turn and caused concern. He could not be reached for comment.ĭauphinais, too, had typical teenage drama - sneaking out, taking the car without permission, said Diane Stewart, who was her stepmother for more than a decade. She was estranged from her mother and had a volatile relationship with her father, according to two women who were once married to him. Her childhood, in towns across Massachusetts and New Hampshire, had been marked by trauma.
