Crime & Safety
Police, FBI Search Peabody Murder Scene Again
A spokeswoman for the Essex County District Attorney's office said there are no new developments in the case.
PEABODY, MA -- FBI agent and police officials investigating the murders of Mark Greenlaw and Jennifer O'Connor were back at the Peabody house Tuesday where their bodies were found in February 2017. A spokeswoman for Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said there were no new developments in the case but a continuation of a renewed search of the property that started in January.
"We're just continuing what we were doing before," Carrie Kimball Monahan told the Boston Herald, which first reported this story
In addition to investigators for the Essex County District Attorney, the FBI Boston's Evidence Response Team was also at the house on Tuesday. There were several dumpsters on the scene to haul away trash after it had been sifted through by investigators.
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Investigators were also at the house in January. At that time, heavy digging machinery was spotted at 19 Farm Avenue and investigators were reportedly searching for bodies that may have been buried in the area.
On Feb. 17, 2017 police found the bodies of Greenlaw, 37, and his girlfriend O'Connor, 40, wrapped in rolled into rugs in the basement of the building. Greenlaw, 39, was killed with a shotgun blast to the face, and O'Connor, 37, was raped and had her throat slit, prosecutors said. It was the most horrific crime scene some veteran officers had ever seen.
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One of the suspects, Michael Hebb, pleaded guilty in October to helping cover up O'Connor's murder and trying to burn down the house. He was sentenced up to seven years in prison. Prosecutors said he could still be charged in the death of Greenlaw.
Wes Doughty was charged with two counts of murder, rape, attempted arson of a dwelling, armed carjacking and kidnapping.
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