On January 12, 1995, serial killer Lewis Lent Jr. was convicted of several charges, including kidnapping, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault and battery.
Category Archives: Homicide
The Unsolved Murder of Claire Gravel
On June 29, 1986, Claire Gravel played a softball game and went out for drinks at Major Magleashes’ Pub in Salem, MA with her team afterword. This was her last night out.
The Death of Lisa Ziegert
Lisa Ziegert, 24, grew up in Agawam, MA and worked as a special needs teacher when she was murdered on April 15, 1992.
The Death of Holly Piirainen
On August 5, 1993, Holly Piirainen, 10, was visiting her grandparent’s cottage in Sturbridge, MA with her family when she disappeared. She had to a neighbor’s house with her younger brother, Zachary, 5, to see some puppies when she was abducted. Her brother returned home without her, prompting her father, Richard, to send bothContinue reading “The Death of Holly Piirainen”
The Disappearance of Molly Bish
I’m eight years-old, watching the news while my parents talk when a report on a missing person comes across the screen. The room is quiet as the image of a young blonde woman, a few years older than my older sister, comes onto the screen and the reporters tell us her name: Molly Bish.
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