Kenneth Seguin Denied Parole In 1992 Murders Of Wife, Children

HOLLISTON, MA – A former Holliston man serving life in prison for the 1992 murders of his wife and two children was denied parole for the third time this month. The Parole Board found that Kenneth Seguin, now 59, "has not demonstrated the level of rehabilitative progress" to justify his release and "lacks empathy and insight" into the triple slaying.

On April 28, 1992, the then-35-year-old computer executive drugged his two children, 7-year-old Danny and 5-year-old Amy, drove them to a deserted pond in Franklin and killed them, according to Parole Board records. Seguin's wife, Mary Ann, was out at the time.

He then returned to his Holliston home and bludgeoned Mary Ann to death with an axe while she was in bed, authorities said. Her body was found the next morning floating in the Sudbury River in Southborough.

Seguin told police two men had broken into his house, attacked him and beat his wife with an axe. He said the attackers had given his children sleeping pills and they had been asleep in their bed.

On April 29, two fishermen found Seguin with his wrist, neck, temple and ankle slashed near a pond in Hopkinton, according to MassLive.

The children's bodies were found at Beaver Pond in Franklin on May 2, covered by debris from the area. Authorities said Seguin had attempted to hide the bodies using sticks, muck and leaves.

Danny's throat had been slashed and Amy's wrists were cut, Parole Board records stated. Authorities found traces of sleeping pills in their systems.

Police said in an attempt to cover up the killings, Seguin flipped over the bloodied mattress where Mary Ann was killed and covered it with a quilt. He also made anonymous calls to the children's schools the morning after the murders to inform them they would be absent that day.

At his parole hearing in March, Seguin expressed remorse for the killings and claimed his plan was to kill himself and his family after his wife said she was leaving him. The Parole Board doubted his intent to take his own life, citing the efforts he went to conceal the murders.

The Parole Board handed down its decision Aug. 15. Seguin will be eligible for parole again in five years.

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