Waltham Woman Victim in Alleged Murder-Suicide

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A Waltham woman was the victim of an incident police are treating as a murder-suicide in Framingham yesterday.

Police responded to a Framingham home on Wednesday evening, where they found Michelle Batista, 30, dead as well as her boyfriend, reported WHDH-TV. Batista was originally from Waltham and had a teenage son from a previous relationship.

Batista and her boyfriend both died from gunshot wounds. Her bother told WHDH-TV that the relationship was “troubled” and that she had warned her daughter that he was going to kill her.

Firefighters responded to the condo at 154 Second St. in Framingham after her parents had requested a well-being check. According to Fox25 Boston, the firefighters found the bodies with gunshot wounds.

One neighbor told Fox 25 that the couple often fought, and when police arrived, Batista would tell police that her boyfriend wasn’t the man who hit her. He said it happened “over and over.” Animal control also responded to the scene.

Batista’s daughter spoke on camera to WCVB-TV, and commented, “She’s been living with an abusive man who beats her all the time, and I just knew one day this was going to happen.” Her mom said that she never filed a restraining order.

Framingham police issued a statement that the cause of death had not been determined.

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