![]() ![]() Gilgo Beach murders: Suspect taken into custody in Long Island serial killings “We’ll all particularly feel the loss of these three people,” Wiley said. The pastor at Our Lady Help of Christians Father Dan Wiley said the three were “salt-of-the-earth, wonderful people” and “full of warmth and hospitality.” “It is with a heavy heart that we share that the terrible tragedy that happened yesterday in Newton hit very close to home… impacting our faith community and our own family,” the letter said. The victims were identified and lovingly remembered in a letter from their relatives to their Our Lady Help of Christians church community sent Monday afternoon. Wednesday evening in the Horace Mann Elementary School auditorium to “sit down and have a community conversation relative to our response to this, as well as how we heal as a community following this tragic event.” “However, this is a reminder that senseless acts of violence do take place in cities such as ours, and it is very important that we remain vigilant.”Ĭarmichael added that the community will gather from 7 p.m. “Newton is a safe city,” said Newton Police Chief John Carmichael at the press conference. ![]() The DA and police thanked the community for their help during the search and the investigators for their tireless work finding the suspect. ![]() The footprints taken from the tile floor were matched to an impression from Ferguson, Ryan said, leading the police to issue the warrant for his arrest.įerguson was hospitalized after he was placed under arrest, Ryan said, and details of the arraignment are not yet available, as of Monday night.įerguson has long lived in the Newton community, Ryan said, and authorities have not yet found any connection between the suspect and the slain family. Ferguson, who was known to them,” said Ryan. “Several officers when shown that video were able to make identification of the individual depicted on the video as Mr. On it, officers saw a shirtless, shoeless male figure apparently staggering around 5:20 a.m. ![]() Police obtained a video four-tenths of a mile from the crime scene and about 100 feet from the residence believed to be Ferguson’s, she continued. Sunday, they were pronounced dead on scene. Sunday morning when a neighbor came to check on them when they failed to show up for church and the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary celebration, Ryan said.Īll had suffered from apparent knife injuries and blunt force trauma, with over 30 stab and trauma wounds identified on Jill D’Amore, Ryan said. The victims were found just after 10 a.m. After the two other autopsies, which are expected to be conducted tomorrow, Ryan said she expects the suspect will be faced with “additional charges.” Ryan said Ferguson has only been charged with one count of homicide because the medical examiner has so far only conducted an autopsy on Jill D’Amore and ruled her death a homicide. The arrest ends a two-day manhunt for the killer after Jill D’Amore, 73, her husband Bruce D’Amore, 74, and her mother, Lucia Arpino, 97, were found apparently stabbed and beaten to death in their home Sunday morning. Ferguson is right now charged with murder, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury and burglary in connection to the incident that occurred yesterday.” “Today, I am back to tell you that just a few minutes ago, we were able to place under arrest an individual named Christopher Ferguson, age 41, from Newton,” said Ryan around 8 p.m. A 41-year-old man has been arrested after the murder of three elderly residents in their Newton home over the weekend, Middlesex DA Marian Ryan announced after the slayings rattled the community. ![]()
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