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Lowell Murder-Suicide Victims ID'd As Husband, Wife, Child Lowell Murder-Suicide Victims ID'd As Husband, Wife, Child
Steven Johns Killed His Wife, Kaydion Dawson, And Daughter Police have identified the man who police say killed his wife and their child before turning the gun on himself last week.  Steven Johns, 52, is accused of killing his wife Kaydion Dawson, 45, and their 7-year-old daughter at their home and calling people before killing himself before officers arrived, the Middlesex District Attorney said Friday, May 3.  Officers were called to the Warren Street apartment on Sunday, April 27, just after 6:30 p.m. The caller said he had just killed his wife and child and had several guns in the home.  When police arrived they found all three …

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by Josh Lanier
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Boston Man Accused Of Beating Up Family Member Busted On Weapons Charges: DA Boston Man Accused Of Beating Up Family Member Busted On Weapons Charges: DA
Boston Man Accused Of Beating Up Family Member Busted On Weapons Charges: DA Police arrested a 26-year-old Boston man on weapons charges after he reportedly attacked a family member, authorities said.  Joseph Dozier of Dorchester faces several charges after police found a laser-sighted 9mm pistol with a high-capacity magazine incident at his home on Greenwood Street, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.  A woman called for help on Monday, Oct. 3, after she said Dozier hit her in the head during a dispute and pointed to a gun he had tucked into his waistband, authorities said. When police arrived to arrest him, they found a black-and-whi…

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by Josh Lanier
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4 Family Members Dead After Apparent Murder/Suicide In Lynn (UPDATE) 4 Family Members Dead After Apparent Murder/Suicide In Lynn (UPDATE)
4 Family Members Dead After Apparent Murder/Suicide In Lynn (Update) Four family members are dead following an apparent murder/suicide in Lynn, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said.  Authorities said a 31-year-old woman shot and killed her father, age 66, and brother-in-law, age 34, at 98 Rockaway Street around 2:53 p.m. She then proceeded to shoot and kill the father of her brother-in-law, outside of a home at 44 Laighton Street, the office reports. The woman was then found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside her vehicle at the nearby Stop & Shop parking lot at 35 Washington Street.  Authorities believe 31-year-old…

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by David Cifarelli