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8-Year-OId Son Of Missing Woman Found Dead Inside Massachusetts Home With Father 8-Year-OId Son Of Missing Woman Found Dead Inside Massachusetts Home With Father
8-Year-OId Son Of Missing Woman Found Dead Inside Massachusetts Home With Father LATEST REPORT: 'Worst Possible Outcome': Loved Ones Lament Over Death Of Lisa Hazard's Son Authorities are investigating after the young son of a missing Massachusetts woman was found dead alongside his father at their home in an apparent murder-suicide.  New Bedford Police found the duo after responding for a well-being check at 1643 Philips Road on Friday morning, June 2, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office reports. The father was identified as 53-year-old George C. Scott III while the 8-year-old boy was identified as the child of Lisa Hazard, who has b…

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by David Cifarelli
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Pre-Teen Girl's Testament Sends Mass Stepfather To Jail For Molestation: DA Pre-Teen Girl's Testament Sends Mass Stepfather To Jail For Molestation: DA
Pre-Teen Girl's Testament Sends Mass Stepfather To Jail For Molestation: DA A pre-teen girl who shared her experiences of repeatedly being molested by her 50-year-old stepfather helped him get the maximum allowable sentence, according to officials.  Gerson Pascual-Santana, of New Bedford, was convicted on three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 on Wednesday, March 8, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office reports.  Pascual-Santana will serve three-and-a-half years in jail followed by eight years of probation. He also must register as a sex offender, have no contact with the victim and undergo sex offender treatme…

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by David Cifarelli
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Recent College Grad Killed In Thanksgiving Day Crash In South Massachusetts Recent College Grad Killed In Thanksgiving Day Crash In South Massachusetts
Recent College Grad Killed In Thanksgiving Day Crash In South Massachusetts A recent college graduate who was gearing up to take on the world had his life tragically cut short this past week. Holdjer Decarvalho, age 22, of Fall River, was killed in a single-vehicle crash on I-195 in Westport on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, Nov. 24, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office reports.  Decarvalho, who was the only person in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene after his vehicle burst into flames, the office continues.  "You were ready to start your life and take on this crazy, massive, unfair world by storm and make it your own," Decarvalho's sister Chue…

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by David Cifarelli
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COLD CASE: Boston Man ID'd As Body Found In Fall River Landfill 17 Years Ago COLD CASE: Boston Man ID'd As Body Found In Fall River Landfill 17 Years Ago
Cold CASE: Boston Man ID'd As Body Found In Fall River Landfill 17 Years Ago Authorities in Fall River say they have solved a mystery that has evaded them for nearly two decades, but a big question remains.  The Bristol County District Attorney's Office on Thursday, Sept. 1, announced that investigators had identified the body found in a landfill 17 years ago as 41-year-old Leon Brown of Boston. Though, the circumstances surrounding his death are still unknown.  Officers discovered Brown's body in the BFI landfill along Airport Road on Aug. 29, 2005, with few clues to help investigators ID him then. He disappeared earlier that month, but no one reported hi…

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by Josh Lanier