Metrowest Daily News 1/29/13: State seeks to admit alleged death threats by Fujita. Two years before his ex-girlfriend was found brutally murdered, Nathaniel Fujita threatened to violently kill and urinate on another teen for kissing her, prosecutors said this morning in Middlesex Superior Court. “(Fujita) said specifically he would slit his throat and then smash his head on a rock and then piss on him,” prosecutor Lisa McGovern said, describing words she attributed to a witness of the alleged threats.

Wayland Patch 1/29/13: Prosecutor: Fujita’s Behavior at 2009, 2011 Wayland Parties is Relevant. Whether events at two parties in 2009 and 2011 are relevant in the Lauren Astley murder case will be decided by a judge, leading up to the February trial of Nathaniel Fujita, accused of killing ex-girlfriend Astley on July 3, 2011. At a continued pre-trial hearing Tuesday, Jan. 29, (see Monday’s coverage here) Middlesex Superior Court Judge Peter Lauriat heard from Prosecutor Lisa McGovern and Fujita’s attorney, William Sullivan, on what evidence should be allowed at trial, including whether Fujita’s actions at a June 23, 2009, party and a June 4, 2011, graduation party should be admissible.