North Andover Man, 57, Arraigned on Murder Charges

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Salvatore Guglielmino, 57, was arraigned on Wednesday on three counts of murder and three counts of breaking and entering in the daytime with intent to commit a felony in connection with the fatal beating of three elderly men on Tuesday in North Andover. He was ordered held without bail.

While in court, Guglielmino told the judge he was sick, according to WHDH.

Guglielmino allegedly confessed the crimes to his mother and sister, saying he had “killed them all,” according to a police report. The report, filed in Lawrence District Court and made public Wednesday, said Salvatore Guglielmino, 57, went to his mother’s apartment at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday and disclosed the killings. His mother, Elenora, then called her daughter Rose Wood, 54, who left work and came to the apartment, according to the Boston Globe.

The three elderly men were found dead of apparent blunt force trauma on Tuesday morning in an elderly and handicapped housing unit at 10 Foulds Drive, North Andover, Mass., according to Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett.

The victims were identified as Walter Hamilton, 78, George Kettinger Jr., 79, and Frank Kort, 68,, according to the Essex District Attorney’s office.

According to NECN, Guglielmino interrupted as charges were being read at his arraignment Wednesday, saying, “That’s a mistake, judge.”

Family members say Guglielmino was taking medications for manic depression and bipolar disorder, according to a number of reports.

All three men lived in a two-story, four-unit building in the elderly/handicapped complex on Foulds Drive. All three victims were found separately in their own units, according to authorities, victims of blunt force trauma, mostly to their facial areas.

Guglielmino is scheduled to be back in court on Feb. 15.

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