Boston Herald 8/23/11: DA: Wayland defendant wanted to watch movie after murder. In the moments after authorities say he murdered his ex-high school sweetheart and dumped her body in a marsh, prosecutors say Nathaniel Fujita drove back to his house shirtless, with music blaring and windows down, then called his parents and asked if they could come home and watch a movie with him. "I needed someone to hang out with. I just wanted to get my mind off it," Middlesex County Assistant District Attorney Lisa McGovern, speaking at Fujita’s arraignment this morning, quoted the defendant as saying to a cousin after the July 4 killing in Wayland.

Boston Globe 8/23/11: Wayland man, 18, pleads not guilty to murdering estranged girlfriend, Lauren Astley from Metro Desk. The Wayland teen accused of murdering his former girlfriend and then dumping her body in a marshy area today pleaded not guilty to a charge of first degree murder in Middlesex Superior Court. Nathaniel Fujita was ordered held without bail until Sept. 22 when his defense attorney plans to push for his release on bail. Fujita, who has been in custody since his arrest in July, also pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and a single count of assault and battery