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Boston Globe
23-05-2025
- Boston Globe
50th anniversary of unsolved homicide in Burlington prompts new call to identify ‘John Doe'
His body was discovered on May 22, 1975 in a wooded area near Muller Road, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Burlington police Chief Thomas Browne said in a joint statement Thursday. In particular, law enforcement officials are calling on New England families of Italian, Spanish, or Greek extraction, who may have lost touch with a younger male relative in the early 1970s, to contact them. The man suffered fatal head wounds, was determined to be in his late 20s or early 30s. He wore a necklace around his neck with a distinctive round medallion depicting two faces, authorities said. 'Thousands of families across our country have lost loved ones to murder,' Ryan said in a statement. 'The bodies of many of these victims have never been recovered and given a proper burial. Others have been recovered, but never identified, and are buried in unmarked graves. This office is committed to identifying all victims of homicide and giving their grieving families closure.' Advertisement The victim was likely between 5-feet, 10 inches and 6-feet tall, with long dark hair, and probably had a beard, officials said. He wore a T-shirt, jeans, canvas sneakers, an army fatigue-style jacket, and a garrison-type belt with a distinctive buckle, according to the statement. Advertisement An eyeglass case was found at the burial site, suggesting the victim wore glasses, authorities said. Over 45 years, multiple leads went nowhere. In 2023 the Cold Case Unit in the DA's office obtained a search warrant authorizing the exhumation of the victim's remains from where they were buried in an unmarked grave in Burlington, according to the statement. DNA samples taken from the victim's bones and teeth were analyzed by a forensic genetic genealogy firm that determined that he was likely of Southern European extraction. 'However, no close relative of the victim has been identified,' the joint statement said. 'It is my hope that this new information will get people to take another close look at this case and call authorities with any information that might help us to identify this individual,' Browne's statement said. Investigators can be contacted at 781-897-6600, or by email at Tonya Alanez can be reached at
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Yahoo
Car drove erratically in 5-vehicle crash on I-93 that killed 1, DA says
Massachusetts State Police and Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan's office are asking for the public's help with a five-vehicle crash on Interstate 93 in Medford, Ryan's office said Friday. At around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, a crash between a Toyota Camry, a Subaru Forester, a Ford Explorer, a Honda Odyssey and a Ford F350 truck with a trailer, Ryan's office said in a statement. The Toyota Camry 'may have been operating erratically prior to the multi-car crash,' the statement read, citing preliminary information. The driver of the Ford F350, Fredis Saravia-Corvera, 34, died after his truck rolled over as a result of the crash, State Police said in a previous statement. A passenger in the Honda Odyssey was also hurt and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, Ryan's office said. Everyone else in the crash remained in the area. 'As part of the ongoing investigation into the cause of the crash, investigators are asking anyone who witnessed the crash, or any activity of these vehicles prior to the incident, to contact the Massachusetts State Police Barracks in Medford at 781-396-0100,' Ryan's office said. The crash prompted a closure of the northbound side of the highway for two hours, State Police said. All lanes reopened just before 11 p.m. The crash continues to be under investigation. Man died in Webster house fire, reports say Man killed in fire at multi-family home in Revere, fire officials say Fatal Cape Cod house fire caused by smoldering cigarettes, fire officials say
Boston Globe
05-04-2025
- Boston Globe
Clinton man arrested for allegedly trafficking cocaine and fentanyl out of home and Framingham auto body shop
His next court date is May 29. State Police and members of the MetroWest Drug Task Force executed search warrants at an auto body shop in Framingham and a residence in Clinton on March 31, prosecutors said. Advertisement They seized about 2,355 grams of cocaine, 60 grams of crack cocaine, 85 grams of fentanyl, a mechanical press alleged to be used in packaging fentanyl into 'fingers,' the units by which it is often sold or distributed, a firearm and ammunition from the auto shop, prosecutors said. Another 4,500 additional grams of powder substances were seized, and are pending analysis to determine what they contain. More than $160,000 in cash was seized from a residence alleged to belong to Soto Rivera, along with two vehicles, prosecutors said. One of those vehicles was a McLaren MP412C, a luxury car that can retail up to $230,000. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said in the statement that Rivera's drug business was successful enough for him to have a luxury car and such a large amount of cash. Advertisement 'The success of that 'business' is reflected in the amount of cash and the McLaren,' Ryan said. 'We are committed to working collaboratively to disrupt these enterprises which put deadly substances on the street and, because of the efforts to protect the proceeds with firearms, put the community at risk ' Adam Sennott can be reached at
