A Massachusetts man has been indicted on four additional charges regarding actions he allegedly took related to the murder and disposal of the body of Brandon Chicklis, according to court documents.

Jonathan Lind, 26, was indicted by a grand jury in Worcester County Jan. 27 on charges of accessory after the fact to murder, conveying a human body, misleading a grand jury and perjury, according to Worcester Superior Court documents. He had been charged in 2021 for accessory after the fact and disinterring a body, related to the same case.

Lind is accused of assisting his then-girlfriend, Julia Enright, 24, of disposing of Chicklis’ body after she had stabbed him to death.

Under Massachusetts law, to be an accessory after the fact, a person must “maintain or assist” a person who has committed a felony, or offer aid, knowing the person has committed a felony, with intent to help them avoid detention or arrest. It is punishable by up to 2 1/2 to seven years in jail, or a fine of $1,000.

Lind did not testify in the Enright’s trial, but perjury can be done in any proceedings before or ancillary to any court or grand jury proceedings related to an indictment or complaint related to a violent crime, while under oath, according to the Massachusetts law. Perjury in non-capital cases can be punished by 20 years in state prison, or 2 1/2 years in jail or $1,000.

Enright, 24, of Ashburnham, Mass., was convicted of second-degree murder for stabbing Chicklis, a 20-year-old former classmate and ex-boyfriend, to death in a treehouse in Worcester on June 23, 2018. Lind is accused of assisting Enright in transporting Chicklis’s body from Massachusetts to Rindge and helping dispose his body in the woods off the side of Route 119 in Rindge.

During her trial, according to published reports, Enright admitted to stabbing Chicklis, but alleged it was in self-defense after he attempted to sexually assault her. Prosecutors argued Enright had lured Chicklis into hanging out that day specifically to murder him, and had written in journal entries that she had a fascination with death and murder, and had killed Chicklis as a “gift” for Lind.

Enright testified that after stabbing Chicklis, she called Lind, and they went to the treehouse together, and wrapped his body in a blanket and trash bags, and drove to New Hampshire to dispose of his body.

Lind is scheduled to be arraigned on the new charges on Feb. 15 at the Worcester Superior Court. Enright is scheduled to be sentenced on her second-degree murder conviction on March 4.

Ashley Saari can be reached at 603-924-7172 ext. 244 or asaari@ledgertranscript.com. She’s on Twitter @AshleySaariMLT.

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