A 27-year-old man needed within the killings of a married couple at their house in a neighborhood south of Boston earlier this week has been captured in Florida, authorities introduced Saturday.
Christopher Keeley was taken into custody at about 8:20 p.m. native time Friday within the metropolis of Miami Beach by native police, in keeping with a news launch from the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.
It’s unclear how he was positioned. The arrest had adopted a multiday manhunt for Keeley.
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Carl Mattson and Vicki Mattson, each 70, have been discovered “bludgeoned and stabbed” of their Marshfield, Massachusetts, house at about 9:20 p.m. Tuesday by police responding to a request for a well-being verify, the district lawyer’s workplace stated. They have been pronounced useless on the scene.
A canine was additionally discovered useless inside the house, the district lawyer’s workplace stated.
In a news convention Wednesday, authorities recognized Keeley because the suspect within the killings. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz instructed reporters Wednesday that Keeley was “acquainted” with the couple, though he didn’t disclose their actual relationship.
The victims have been focused, and the killings weren’t a random act of violence, Cruz stated. No doable motive was disclosed.
A black Jeep Wrangler that belonged to the victims and Keeley was believed to be driving was discovered deserted early Wednesday afternoon. The car was present in a car parking zone in Avon, which is roughly 15 miles from Marshfield.
A listening to will probably be held to find out if Keeley waives rendition, paving the way in which for him to be transported again to Massachusetts to face prices, the district lawyer’s workplace stated Saturday.