Massachusetts

8,306 murders reported in Massachusetts from 1976 to 2025; police reports named an offender in about 65%. Explore the statistics →

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Cases

Borden murders
1892 · Fall River, Massachusetts
SingleAcquitted2 victims
On the morning of August 4, 1892, Andrew Borden and his wife Abby were killed with a hatchet in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Harry Powers
1931 · Quiet Dell, West Virginia
SerialExecuted5 victims
Harry Powers, a Dutch-born man living in Clarksburg, West Virginia, used "lonely hearts" correspondence clubs to court women for their money.
Boston Strangler
1962–1964 · Boston, Massachusetts
SerialIdentified, never tried13 victims
Between June 1962 and January 1964, thirteen women aged 19 to 85 were sexually assaulted and strangled in their homes in Boston and nearby cities.
Charles Stuart
1989 · Boston, Massachusetts
SingleIdentified, never tried2 victims
On October 23, 1989, after a childbirth class at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Carol DiMaiti Stuart, 30, was shot in the head in her car in Boston's Mission Hill.