Take the murder of Candace Scola, for instance. The woman was murdered in 2002 the case remains unsolved. We can say the same with Marlon Santos, a baby in DSS foster care, who disappeared years ago and is presumed to be dead. No arrests have been made. Little Marlon should be in elementary school by now. One of the most heart-wrenching cases is the abduction and murder of Molly Bish, whose father works for District Attorney John J. Conte. After more than 5 years, the case has not been solved and it appears that the District Attorney has been reluctant to cooperate with any other agencies or concerned people who could help bring the murderer to justice. As concerned citizens, we must ask what the purpose is of having a never-ending Grand Jury be called to hear testimony in this case. The taxpayers money might better be used to find the murderer rather than paying to keep a special Grand Jury in session.
December 14, 2007 Prosecutor withdraws in Scola murder case With no resolution, probe could start all over again WORCESTER— Two years after special prosecutor Joseph P. Gaughan was appointed to review the politically sensitive investigation into the 2002 murder of Candace Allen Scola, he has withdrawn from the case for health reasons without recommending whether it should be brought before a grand jury. Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. said yesterday the probe will be turned over to Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz’s office for a third review of the evidence — a step that could add months or years to the family’s already long wait for justice. ... Last November, Mr. Gaughan told a Telegram & Gazette columnist that he was wrapping up his investigation and that he hoped to have final forensic test results in about six to eight weeks. More than a year later — and 5-1/2 years after Ms. Scola was stabbed to death in the kitchen of her Knox Street home — there’s still no decision in sight on whether the case should be brought before a grand jury. July 10, 2007 Friends, family honor birthday of ’02 slaying victimDA still working on 5-year-old slaying
WORCESTER—
Rain pounded on the balloons held by family and friends of Candace
Allen Scola yesterday as the woman was remembered at a ceremony
outside Worcester Memorial Auditorium. September 6, 2006 Police search woods in Narbonne case
By Mary Jo Hill
Taj Narbonne disappeared from his home on Naples Street on March 31, 1981. February 3, 2006 Is a Serial Killer on the Loose in Massachusetts? Is a serial killer stalking women and girls in Massachusetts? Two decades, nearly 10 unsolved murders and kidnaps in one small section of the state. And tonight, we connect the dots, focusing on three of those crimes in an attempt to crack them all: a 17-year-old high school senior, a 29-year-old young woman found dead behind a private school, and a third, a 10-year-old girl. Tonight, we want answers.
In 2004,
Carmen Rudy (ph), 29 years old, her body found behind an exclusive
private school. In 1993, 10-year-old Holly Piirainen abducted,
killed, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Hundreds interviewed. No
resolution. January 24, 2006 Jurors deliberate in trial of Geoghan's alleged killer By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press Writer WORCESTER, Mass. --Jurors are trying to determine if a convicted killer was insane when he beat and strangled pedophile priest John Geoghan in his cell, or if he was "calculating" murderer, as prosecutors allege. After more than two weeks of testimony that centered largely on whether Joseph Druce was insane when he killed Geoghan, a central figure in the clergy sex abuse scandal that started in Boston, the jury now has the case. Deliberations were set to resume on Wednesday. The jury of five women and seven men deliberated for more than three hours Tuesday before adjourning. January 21, 2006 Druce testifies about abused past Sexual assaults in school, drug use WORCESTER— Taking the witness stand in his own defense yesterday, Joseph L. Druce told a Worcester Superior Court jury about being sexually abused as a child, a violent home life when he was growing up and an early introduction to alcohol and drugs.Charged with murder in the 2003 prison slaying of defrocked pedophile priest John J. Geoghan, Mr. Druce testified in a packed courtroom that he was sexually assaulted by staff at a residential school he attended for several years as a child and also by an older male who befriended him when he was about 11 years old. January 12, 2006Druce Jurors Watch Correctional Center Video Inmate Charged With Murdering Defrocked Priest
WORCESTER, Mass. -- A surveillance videotape
from inside the correctional
center where an inmate allegedly killed
defrocked Catholic priest John
Geoghan, a fellow inmate, was shown to
jurors Thursday.
January 10, 2005
9 jurors
picked in Druce trial on priest’s killingInsanity defense raised by lawyer WORCESTER— Jury selection was scheduled to resume today for the trial of Joseph L. Druce, the inmate charged with murder in the prison slaying of defrocked pedophile priest John J. Geoghan. By the end of the day, nine jurors were seated to hear the case. A total of 16 jurors, including four alternates, will be impaneled. December 8, 2005 Scola case gets special prosecutor - Conte says evidence ‘is ripe for assessment'
WORCESTER - A special
prosecutor has been named to review evidence, including the results of recently
completed DNA testing, in the 2002 stabbing death of 32-year-old Candace Allen
Scola. June 24, 2005 MORE INFORMATION CITED IN BISH CASE Without providing specifics, the Worcester district attorney's office revealed yesterday that previously unknown information has been uncovered in the case of Molly Bish, a 16-year-old lifeguard from Warren who disappeared June 27, 2000. Her remains were discovered in Palmer in June 2003. An investigation by State Police and the district attorney's office has generated more than 7,000 leads, according to a news release issued by the district attorney's office. Because of the vast amount of information, the district attorney's office assembled an investigative grand jury to take testimony and preserve evidence. To date, more than 250 witnesses have been called, and more than 70 exhibits have been examined and submitted. Specifics on that information have not been released because of the secrecy rules of grand jury proceedings April 2, 2005 Marlon' case revived WORCESTER - Law enforcement authorities are reviving their investigation into the disappearance of a 5-month-old foster child more than six years ago and are asking the public for help.District Attorney John J. Conte said yesterday that Worcester Police Department officials have agreed, at his request, to assign two detectives to "take another look" at the Marlon Devine Santos case. Mr. Conte said he has assigned Assistant District Attorney Timothy M. Bibaud to work with the officers. October 26, 2004 WORCESTER - A black-and-white photograph of Patricia Ann Gonyea and a bouquet of roses and balloons hang clipped to a chain-link fence separating the Conrail train tracks from Walpole Street. A few feet away the fence lies on the ground where residents use the tracks as a shortcut.
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