Another suspect has been arrested in connection to the double homicide at Fall River's Griffin Park in which a 14-year-old boy and 29-year-old man were killed.
Massachusetts authorities investigating the 1972 murder of a 13-year-old altar boy have determined that a defrocked Roman Catholic priest who recently died was his killer, bringing an end to a cold case that remained unsolved for nearly half a century.
The Herald News
FALL RIVER A 21-year-old Fall River man was arrested earlier today in connection to the ongoing investigation into last Tuesday afternoon s double-homicide in Fall River, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III and Fall River Police Chief Jeffrey Cardoza announced.
Dana Mazyck was apprehended in Fall River earlier today by members of District Attorney Quinn s Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit and Fall River Police detectives. He is charged with carrying an illegal firearm, carrying a loaded illegal firearm and unlawful discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a building.
The defendant briefly appeared in Fall River District Court today and was ordered held in jail pending the results of a dangerousness hearing, which is scheduled to occur next Wednesday.
NORTHAMPTON Police are investigating the discovery of a body found by a boater around 6 p.m. Friday in the Connecticut River, according to a press release from the office of Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan.The boater summoned.
Boater discovers body in Connecticut River
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Published: 5/22/2021 10:48:20 AM
NORTHAMPTON – Police are investigating the discovery of a male body found by a boater around 6 p.m. Friday in the Connecticut River, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.
According to the DA’s office, the boater called for emergency help when he discovered the body, and then stayed with the body to help police find it.
A Northampton Police Department dispatcher was able to trace the phone call to find the boater about a mile and a half south of the Coolidge Bridge, near the Rainbow Beach area. Members of the Northampton Police Department and the Northampton Fire Department responded by boat and recovered the body.