http://www.boston.com/2014/02/14/fa...teran-death/pL7eYSkOXMcowVgpWlh30L/story.htmlA father and son were charged today in connection with the death of Vincent Lalli, a Vietnam veteran whose battered body was found behind a Norwood middle school in January.
Anthony Canejo Sr., 52, was charged with armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, the Middlesex district attorney’s office said. Anthony Canejo Jr., 30, was charged as an accessory to the crime.
Canejo Sr. was not charged with murder because an autopsy has yet to determine Lalli’s cause of death, a spokeswoman for District Attorney Marian T. Ryan said.
The two men lived with Lalli, 66, in a Somerville apartment, Ryan’s office said.
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A dog walker found Lalli’s body behind Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School on the afternoon of Jan. 29, authorities said. Lalli had been reported missing to police about a week prior, the Norfolk district attorney’s office said at the time.
http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/24729173/father-and-son-arrested-for-gruesome-somerville-murderLast month, 66-year-old Vincent Lalli's dismembered body was discovered in plastic trash bags behind the school. Both of Lalli's roommates, a father and son, are facing charges in the case, and according to a police report, this murder may have all been about money and lottery tickets.
Tony Canejo Sr., 52, is a convicted Level 3 sex offender. He and his 30-year-old son are accused in this brutal and gruesome murder case. According to a police report, Canejo Sr. killed Lalli, first hitting him with a crow bar in Lalli's bedroom and then strangling him with bare hands on Jan. 24.
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The report states that early on Friday, Jan. 23, the day before the murder, a witness gave Lalli nearly $8,000, money owed on a lottery ticket Lalli won.
Lalli turned around and bought two books of scratch tickets, and still had $6400 on him. Police say they never recovered any of the cash, and that shortly after the murder, Canejo Sr. and his son were recorded on video cashing in some winning scratch tickets.
Also, according to the report, hours after the murder, Canejo Sr. borrowed his sister's Kia Soul, and had access to her apartment, which is located on Fairview Terrace, just a few blocks away from the men's Somerville apartment.
The Sunday after the murder, the report says Canejo Sr's son picked him up from the house in his tow truck, which was towing a damaged car to Rhode Island. Canejo Sr. walked to the tow truck from the back of his sister's house carrying two suitcases and trash bags. He allegedly placed the trash bags down in the trunk of the damaged car, and placed the suitcases on top. He then drove, with his son, to Rhode Island to deliver the damaged car, but first stopped in Norwood at the Coakley Middle School to get rid of the suitcases and the trash bags. Video surveillance at the school, allegedly shows the tow truck, towing the damaged car.
Lalli's dismembered remains were found in several plastic bags. Two blood soaked suitcases and a blood drenched towel were also found at the scene.
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On Thursday, police searched the sister's apartment, the basement, a shed, and her car. According to the report, cadaver dogs picked up the scent of human remains in a basement crawl space. Red brown stains testing positive for human blood were found in the basement, and in the sister's bathtub.
http://norwood.wickedlocal.com/article/20140214/NEWS/140217267According the report, Canejo came to the apartment in the early morning Jan. 24 despite a restraining order Lalli had against him. Lalli told him to leave. Canejo said he would in 10 minutes, and Lalli said he was calling the police and took out his cell phone.
At that point, Canejo allegedly struck Lalli in the head with a crowbar, then got on top of him and strangled Lalli with his bare hands until he died.
The landlord, who lived upstairs, told police he heard loud noises coming from the apartment during the early morning hours of Jan. 24.
Later that morning, the landlord's wife reportedly went to serve an eviction notice to Lalli, Canejo and Canejo's 30-year-old son, Anthony Canejo, Jr., 30, who also lived in the apartment, according to court documents.
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Canejo, Sr., answered the door and when the landlord's wife asked where Lalli was, Canejo, Sr., said he was in Rhode Island, according to the report.
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The evening of Jan. 24 as well as on Jan. 25, records and surveillance footage reportedly showed Canejo and his son cashing in winning scratch tickets purchased by Lalli on Jan. 23.
According to the police report, surveillance footage also showed Canejo and his son buying four or five rolls of paper towels and two boxes of trash bags at 350 Food Mart in Somerville the night of Jan. 25. Police say the trash bags are similar to the bags containing Lalli's remains.
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Trace material consisting of pine needle and glitter was reportedly found in Lalli's bedroom, on his remains, and in a Kia Soul motor vehicle belonging to Canejo's sister, which Canejo reportedly borrowed during the day on Jan. 24.
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Canejo, Sr., is a level-three sex offender for two rapes he committed in 1985.