A deceased, convicted rapist was named Thursday as the suspect in the 2000 murder of Massachusetts lifeguard Molly Bish, 16. Francis "Frank" P. Sumner Sr. died in 2016, but that is not stopping the Worcester County District Attorney's Office from investing whether he really was responsible for the girl's disappearance and death from Comins Pond. The post Dead Rapist Named as Suspect in 2000 Murder of 16-Year-Old Lifeguard Molly Bish first.
ICMYI: Person of Interest Named in Molly Bish's Murder Francis "Frank" Sumner Sr. was named a person of interest in the murder of Molly Bish, a sixteen year old lifeguard who disappeared after her mother dropped her off at work in 2000. "We got information. Every tip has to be verified. The tip was
Francis Frank P. Sumner Sr. is posthumously being investigated in the murder after investigators recently obtained new information related to the case. Sumner, born in 1945, was active in the Central Massachusetts area from 1960 through 2016, the year of his death. Bish, who was 16 at the time of her death, disappeared from her lifeguard post at Comins Pond in Warren on June 27, 2000, three years prior to her remains being found in Palmer. Photo: Worcester County DA/CBS Boston Sumner, who was a registered sex offender, was known to operate auto repair shops in several Central Massachusetts towns including the Spencer, Leicester and Worcester areas and lived in Spencer before his death,