Police in Worcester, Massachusetts, are asking for the public’s help to find a missing 15-year-old girl from Fitchburg.
Ana Diaz was last seen Friday, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children said in a poster shared Thurs…
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Baby found unresponsive in Lexington was likely in car for ‘extended period of time,’ DA says
A baby boy who died after he was found unresponsive inside a vehicle in a Lexington, Massachusetts, parking lot was likely in the car for “an extended period of time,” the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.
Police were first called to the parking lot of a day care on Massachusetts Avenue around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after the child was found unresponsive in his mother’s vehicle. The boy was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators said it seems the child never made it inside the day care on the day of his death and was likely inside the car for “an extended period of time.” The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine cause and manner of death.
The Department of Children and Families released a brief statement Thursday afternoon.
“The Department of Children and Families received a report and is investigating. It is important to remember, especially during the hot summer months, that cars can become unsafe for children in a matter of minutes.”
They declined to comment further on the specific case, citing federal privacy requirements.
Thousands without power in Mass. as strong storms roll through
Tens of thousands of people were without power Thursday as strong storms knocked down trees and power lines across New England.
As of 5:40 p.m., MEMA was reporting around 11,800 people without power. It comes as reports flood in about trees an…
Driver sentenced for deadly Duxbury hit-and-run
A woman found guilty five years after a hit-and-run crash that left another woman dead in Duxbury, Massachusetts was sentenced to prison on Thursday.
Kristina Blackmore, 43, was convicted Wednesday of leaving the scene of a crash causing death…
14-year-old arrested after gun pointed at mail carrier in Tewksbury
Police in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, say a 14-year-old has been arrested after a gun was pulled on a mail carrier.
The incident happened around 11 a.m. Tuesday on Shawsheen Street. A masked person threatened a U.S. Postal Service worker with a …
Woman indicted on murder charge in death of Weymouth woman
A woman has been indicted on a murder charge months after a Weymouth, Massachusetts, woman was found dead in her home in April.
Kelly Shaw, 44, was indicted this month in the murder of Christine Mello. Investigators say Shaw had been staying with Mello at her home in Weymouth.
Mello was reported missing before her body was found in the Lake Street home on April 1, the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office has said. Police initially described the case as an apparent homicide but no one was immediately charged in her death. Instead, Shaw and another man, John “Jack” Harper, 45, were accused of theft, including larceny of a motor vehicle and forging checks.
Shaw was indicted on first-degree murder by a Norfolk County Grand Jury this month. She pleaded not guilty in court Thursday.
Shaw has been in custody since her arrest in April and was ordered held without bail on the murder charge. She is next scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 30.
Harper has not been indicted for murder. The case remains under investigation.
A friend told NBC10 Boston that Mello had recently inherited money and was hoping to buy the home she was living in.
More on the investigation into Christine Ruth Mello’s death
