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Weymouth Man Admits To Killing Father In Brutal Beating, Strangulation: DA Weymouth Man Admits To Killing Father In Brutal Beating, Strangulation: DA
Weymouth Man Admits To Killing Father In Brutal Beating, Strangulation: DA A 42-year-old Massachusetts man pleaded guilty this week to second-degree murder in the brutal 2020 slaying of his father at their shared home in Weymouth, authorities said. William D. Walling Jr. was sentenced Tuesday, March 11, to life in prison for the fatal beating and strangulation of his father, William D. Walling Sr., the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office announced. He will be eligible for parole in 25 years. Walling Jr. also received a concurrent 19- to 20-year prison sentence on a related charge, the prosecutor said.  Family members called 911 on May 16, 2020, after a…

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Mass Man Gunned Down Outside Apartments ID'd As 45-Year-Old Mass Man Gunned Down Outside Apartments ID'd As 45-Year-Old
Mass Man Gunned Down Outside Apartments ID'd As 45-Year-Old A man who was shot multiple times outside of an apartment complex in Norfolk County earlier this month has been identified as a 45-year-old Brockton man, authorities said.  Tremalle Clark was shot repeatedly at 112 Longmeadow Drive in Holbrook on December 6, the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office said. Paramedics rushed him to Boston Medical Center, where he later died of his injuries.  The investigation into the fatal shooting continues. Authorities urge anyone with information about the shooting to call Holbrook Police or the Massachusetts State Police Homicide Unit…

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Trooper Who Led Karen Read Investigation Suspended Without Pay: State Police Trooper Who Led Karen Read Investigation Suspended Without Pay: State Police
Trooper Who Led Karen Read Investigation Suspended Without Pay: State Police State Trooper Michael Proctor has been suspended without pay for the duration of a duty hearing to determine if he mishandled the investigation into Karen Read, a Mansfield woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, officials said.  Proctor, who led the state's investigation into Read, was removed from his position with the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office hours after her eight-week trial ended in a hung jury last week.  Proctor admitted on the witness stand that he sent "unprofessional" texts to his coworkers and friends, in which he called Read "retar…

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