Norton Woman Murdered By Estranged Husband: Police

NORTON, MA — A Weymouth man stabbed his estranged wife to death in Norton Wednesday then crashed his truck into another vehicle on Route 495, seriously injuring another woman, authorities said.

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Martin McDonald, 35, of Weymouth, was charged with murdering Julie Meede, 34, of Holmes Street.

Police said at about 7:30 p.m., they received a call from a person in Meede’s apartment that she had been stabbed. First responders found her unresponsive; she was transported to Sturdy Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Police said McDonald, after murdering Meede, got into a Dodge Ram pickup truck and was traveling south on Route 495 when he crossed over the median and struck a Nissan traveling in the northbound lane. The driver, a 30-year-old Rhode Island woman, was seriously injured and transported to Rhode Island Hospital.

McDonald will be arraigned Thursday morning in Attleboro District Court.

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