Thursday, September 6, 2018

Mathew Locke East Brookfield Murder Case

Mathew Locke East Brookfield Murder Case --- ===

February 28, 2018 Mathew Locke East Brookfield Murder Case  Authorities allege that on February 28, Locke entered the home of Bermudez, 38, in West Brookfield.  Locke is alleged to have stabbed her to death along with her three children - Madison, eight; James, six; and Michael, two. One story is that the victims were burned, but a a fire was set inside the Bermudez family's home at th time of the killings. Over the years, Mr. Locke has amassed a four-page criminal record, according to statements made in court on Monday. He’s twice been charged with stealing parts for cars. I

Alternative theory Why does domestic / friend violence crime look more like terrorist attack than crime of passion? 

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Mathew Locke charged with four counts of murder for the killings of ...
https://www.masslive.com/news/worcester/.../mathew_locke_charged_with_four.html
Mathew Locke, the man accused of lying to police about the investigation of a quadruple murder in West Brookfield, has been charged with four ...

Mathew Locke's DNA was found on one of the victim's bodies in West ...
https://www.masslive.com/news/worcester/.../mathew_locke_arraigned_for_the.html
Six months after the bodies of a 38-year-old mother and her three children were found brutally slain in West Brookfield, a relative of the family is ...

Mathew Locke charged in slaying of four members of ... - telegram.com
www.telegram.com/.../mathew-locke-charged-in-slaying-of-four-members-of-bermud...
 EAST BROOKFIELD - Mathew Locke of Ware has been charged in the killing of Sara Bermudez and her three children, the West Brookfield ...

Cousin charged in West Brookfield slayings of mother and three ...
www.bostonherald.com/.../cousin_charged_in_west_brookfield_slayings_of_mother_...
 Mathew Locke is arraigned in District Court, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2018, in East Brookfield, Mass.. Locke is charged in the deaths of Sarah ...

Suspect arraigned in murders of West Brookfield ... - The Boston Globe
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/09/05/...west-brookfield/.../story.html1 day ago - Suspect arraigned in murders of West Brookfield mother, children ... The cousin, Mathew Locke, 32, cried as he spoke to Bermudez about the ...

Mathew Locke charged in slaying of four members of Bermudez family ...
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 Mathew Locke, 32, of 20 Eddy St., Ware, was arraigned on four counts of ... in slaying of four members of Bermudez family in West Brookfield ...

DA: Family Member Stabbed West Brookfield Mom, 3 Children to ...
https://www.nbcboston.com/.../DA-to-Announce-Arrest-in-Murders-of-Mom-3-Childr...
An arrest has been made in a quadruple murder in West Brookfield, ... Mathew Locke is now charged in the killings and was ordered held ...

West-Brookfield - MassLive.com
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Mathew Locke, accused of lying to police about killings of West Brookfield ... Moses Bermudez, sole survivor of slain West Brookfield family, told pizza shop ...

Police: Ware Man Lied About MS-13 Connection To West Brookfield ...
www.wbur.org/news/2018/03/27/locke-charged-lying-ms-13-bermudez-murders


Mar 27, 2018 - Mathew Locke of Ware has been charged with lying to police investigators after he "indicated" that the gang MS-13 was involved in the murders ...


Man pleads not guilty to killing woman and her 3 children ...
www.hastingstribune.com/.../article_8c98c50f-3adb-5fd2-a63c-b28d67cb11aa.html
  Mathew Locke was arraigned in East Brookfield district court on Wednesday ... Their bodies were found in their West Brookfield home in March.  Locke, who is a cousin of Bermudez's husband, Moses Bermudez, was ordered held without bail. His next court date is Oct. 18.  Bermudez said Wednesday he wanted "someone to be held accountable" and wanted to know why the murders happened. Prosecutors haven't cited a motive.


Mathew Locke, 32, faces four counts of murder as a judge denied him bail
He was arraigned in Western Worcester District Court in Massachusetts
Police say he fatally stabbed Sara Bermudez and three young kids in their home 
Authorities say they have DNA evidence linking him to the crime scene
Locke allegedly committed the murders while his cousin, Moses Bermudez, was out of town 
By ARIEL ZILBER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 6 September 2018 | UPDATED: 03:11 EDT, 6 September 2018
... Mathew Locke, 32, was arraigned in Western Worcester District Court on Wednesday for the killings of Sara Bermudez and her three young children.  Authorities allege that on February 28, Locke entered the home of Bermudez, 38, in West Brookfield.  Locke is alleged to have stabbed her to death along with her three children - Madison, eight; James, six; and Michael, two, according to the Metro West Daily News.

Locke’s car was seen leaving his house and returning later the same day on February 28.

‘Witness statements reported that Mathew Locke was not at his residence prior to the homicides and then returned to the residence shortly after occurred,’ police documents state.

Locke, who was ordered held without bail, is currently serving a prison sentence as part of an unrelated theft of vehicle parts.


Mathew Locke, charged with lying in Bermudez case, has ties to ...
www.telegram.com/.../mathew-locke-charged-with-lying-in-bermudez-case-has-ties-to...
Mar 28, 2018 - Mathew P. Locke, 31, of 20 Eddy St., Ware,  Telegram & Gazette has learned that about nine years ago, a woman living at 24 Clinton St. in Ware obtained a restraining order against Mr. Locke. In court documents, she alleged that he had broken into the home and when she confronted him, he told her he was drunk at the time and did not remember breaking in.  “Maybe I broke into your house, maybe I didn’t. I don’t know what I was doing,” he allegedly told her.


court documents link Mr. Locke and Moses Bermudez  olice were driving through a graveyard in Ware and found Mr. Bermudez drinking a beer, court documents show. Mr. Locke was apparently drunk. Police saw headlights in the cemetery, and, having had recent reports of criminal activity, drove in to check, the police report states.  A Ware officer and a state trooper boxed in the car and spoke with the men inside, who told them they were visiting a grave. Mr. Locke reportedly said they were paying respects to Mr. Bermudez’s mother - although four years later, she is alive and lives in Ware.  At the time, Mr. Locke failed several field sobriety tests and was arrested, his car was towed and Mr. Bermudez was handed a citation because he had an open beer in the car. .. legally drunk,   been arrested several times and appeared in Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown on Wednesday because his recent arrest triggered a violation of his probation.

after arrested in Ware on Friday, state police said he had lied to them, telling them that Mr. Bermudez had referenced the MS-13 gang and said members of the group would be getting hurt and dying soon. But as they investigated, police came to believe Mr. Locke was lying about the statement.


odies of his wife, Sara Bermudez, and children Madison, 8, James, 6, and Michael, 2, were found when a family member went to check on them after they couldn’t be reached. They were found March 1.


Reports indicate that they’d been burned.


state police found drug paraphernalia in Mr. Locke’s possession and took that information to Palmer District Court, where he is on probation. A warrant was issued for his arrest for a probation violation because he is supposed to remain drug-free as a condition of his probation.


Over the years, Mr. Locke has amassed a four-page criminal record, according to statements made in court on Monday. He’s twice been charged with stealing parts for cars. In one of those cases he allegedly took catalytic converters valued at more than $1,000 and sold them for just over $100, court documents show.


Sara Bermudez, 3 children were stabbed; DNA evidence used in case ...
https://www.masslive.com/news/worcester/.../dna_evidence_led_to_the_arrest.html
Mathew Locke, the cousin of the Sara Bermudez's husband, is now ... D. Early Jr. did not disclose if the victims were burned, he did reveal a fire ... Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. did not disclose if the victims were burned, he did reveal a fire was set inside the Bermudez family's home at the time of the killings.  "There was a fire at the scene that appears to have been self-extinguished," Early said before Locke's arraignment.

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