February 2, 2010

Westford Murders

I've been too busy tonight to really blog much, so once again I'll just cut and paste a story in here.

By all accounts, this sounds like a normal family. No history of domestics, no history of violence. Former Chelmsford Police Chief Raymond McCusker just went to Foxboro with his friend Brian Marchand two weeks ago, and said Marchand was his usual, jovial self.

No matter how many murders I've covered, this one still boggles my mind. How do you kill your own child?

For starters, here's a sidebar we did about Olivia tonight.
And here is a link to a Facebook group in Olivia's memory, already with over 3,000 members.

Here's a banner put up at Westford Academy today.

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All of the students were too upset to talk today. We initially thought some might want to talk, but then Mr. Antonetti asked us to keep our distance and let them grieve, which was a request we respected.
Here is what we could piece together anyway on student reaction. Based on the comments on the facebook page, it looks like the students are coming together.

It looks like financial worries may have motivated this, though it also appears that not much of anyone will ever really know for sure.

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