Crime & Safety

Alleged Hingham Murderer Targeted Witnesses

Eric Snow, the man accused of killing two homeless men in Hingham, was said to have planned to kill witnesses while in prison. Snow committed suicide on Saturday.

The alleged Hingham murderer who committed suicide in the Plymouth prison on Saturday was said to have targeted witnesses.

According to an article on Boston.com, The lead prosecutor in the murder case against Eric Snow, said the accused murderer conspired to burn down a witness’s home.

The Massachusetts State Police and the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office of Snow, age 30 of Bridgewater.

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Snow was found shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday alone in his unit at the with a plastic bag over his head, according to John Birtwell, a Public Information Director of the Plymouth County Sheriff's office.  He was said to have suffocated himself.

Snow was an inmate at the Correctional Facility awaiting trial on charges that he and a friend, James S. Winquist, of Weymouth murdered two homeless men at in Hingham in 2005.

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