Norfolk Man Among 3 Indicted for New Year's Day Kidnapping and Murder

DEDHAM, MA - Three men have been indicted for the kidnapping and murder of a man in Avon.

Albert Ricci, of Canton, Scott Morrison of Norfolk and James Feeney of Dedham are charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping while armed, and causing serious bodily injury, according to the Norfolk County District Attorney's office.

The three were indicted on April 29 and the murder indictment was unsealed on May 11.

On Jan. 1 2014, James Robertson was taken from his parents’ Avon home by two men identifying themselves as constables under the pretense that he was being brought for a probation-related drug test, the DA's office said. That was the last time he was seen alive.

On Dec. 26, 2015, hunters walking in the woods of Upton discovered his remains on Dec. 26, 2015. A dental comparison and other forensic testing led to his positive identification.

Feeney and Morrison pled not guilty to those charges and were ordered to return to Norfolk Superior Court for a pre-trial conference on May 23 at 2 p.m. Ricci, whose attorney was unavailable to be in Norfolk Superior Court today because of his involvement in a case at a different courthouse, will be arraigned on May 16.

Feeney and Morrison were ordered held without bail.