Crime & Safety

Virginia Man Arrested In Milford Homicide: DA

Paul Weaver, 54, of Milford, was found stabbed to death inside a storage locker last week.

Christopher Tetreault, 28, was arrested in Virginia in connection to a Milford stabbing death.
Christopher Tetreault, 28, was arrested in Virginia in connection to a Milford stabbing death. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

MILFORD, MA — Police have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the Aug. 17 stabbing death of a Milford man.

Christopher Tetreault was arrested in Charlottesville, Va., on Tuesday on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, according to the Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr.

A passerby discovered Paul Weaver, 54, dead inside a storage locker at a facility along Beach Street last Tuesday. Several days later, a medical examiner ruled he had been stabbed to death.

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Massachusetts state police traveled to Virginia this week to arrest Tetreault. He is set to appear in court in Virginia on a charge of being a fugitive from justice. Early's office did not immediately say how Weaver knew Tetreault, and did not provide details on a motive for the killing.

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