Third body found at Page Boulevard home of Stewart Weldon, arrested on rape and kidnapping charges

[Satanica]

I can't believe this isn't already here.

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/05/third_body_found_at_page_boule.html

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Investigators found the third body around 2 p.m. Thursday.

Gulluni said the investigation would continue "intensely" on Friday, with the Springfield Police Department and staff from his office working the case.
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Earlier in the day, Gulluni confirmed that two bodies were discovered "in and around" the East Springfield home. One decomposing body was found in the basement and another in the garage, sources said.

Alleged kidnapper Stewart Weldon -- who has not been charged in connection with the bodies, and who Gulluni declined to name as a suspect in the death investigation -- is a resident at the home. He was arrested Sunday evening after fleeing police who attempted to pull him over for a broken taillight.

A woman in the car with him told police Weldon had been holding her against her will for a month, raping and beating her, according to a police report. Weldon was charged with eight criminal counts and held on $1 million bail.

Police arrived at the home Wednesday evening after Weldon's mother, who purchased the house in 2016, called 911 to report a foul odor, sources have said.

Gulluni said Thursday evening there were residents in the home as the investigation unfolded. He declined to say whether those residents are related to Weldon.

A police report on Weldon's May 27 arrest says the woman in the car was shaking and crying uncontrollably. She had wounds that suggested "prolonged abuse," according to the report, and was treated at a hospital for a fractured jaw, stab wounds to her abdomen, injuries from a blunt object and a "festering infection" on her leg.

Sources tell The Republican she and Weldon have two young children who also lived at the home.

 

[Victoria]

I suspect the survivor thinks herself to be very fortunate to have come through her ordeal alive after smelling the odor of decomp that was permeating the air in and around the home where she was being held.

 

[Oberle]

I can't believe this isn't already here.

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/05/third_body_found_at_page_boule.html

More info:

"The victim and Weldon reportedly have two children together who lived at the Springfield home, according to The Republican newspaper, citing police sources.

"Weldon’s mother also lived at the home and called police Wednesday after reporting a foul smell, the sources said."


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...ts-home-kidnapping-victim-20180531-story.html

 

[Jellybean1711]

What was the mother doing while he was torturing his partner? And do people really ring 911 because of a bad smell?

 

[McDanel]

What was the mother doing while he was torturing his partner? And do people really ring 911 because of a bad smell?

And the kids, the poor kids...

 

[McDanel]

The mom just bought the house in 2016, so I would be seeking warrants for cadaver dogs at his prior addresses.

ETA, three bodies in two years, more stacked up than he could dispose of; sounds like the end of a serial killer's run. I'm betting the girlfriend/victim finally found out what he did in the garage for hours at a time.

 

[Craygor]

Third body? Its starting to look bad for Stewart.

 

[McDanel]

The last face they saw.

 

[lithiumgirl]

Oh my god his mom ... I can see the wheels turning in her head ... Its not snitching if I just report a foul smell.

 

[Sejanus]

When trying to be a serial killer, make sure your vehicles are in pristine perfect working order.
Moron.

I name him Murderface Weldon.
His mother named him wrong.

 

[Dead Stephanie]

I call him Dumb Motherfucker

 

[notchback]

I call him Dumb Motherfucker

Is there any such thing as a smart person who fucks their mother?

 

[McDanel]

Oh my god his mom ... I can see the wheels turning in her head ... Its not snitching if I just report a foul smell.

Who calls 911 for a smell, unless they're subconsciously sure it's not the sewer line?

On the photos of the property, it looks like the garage is detached, and set well back from the house. That would have concealed his activities for a while.

 

[Satanica]

https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/08/women_found_buried_at_stewart.html

The medical examiner who examined the bodies of three women found at the Springfield home of accused serial rapist Stewart Weldon concluded they had been assaulted and killed, but could not identify a specific medical cause of their deaths.

Kayla Escalante, 27, America Lyden, 34, and Ernestine Ryans, 47, were all found during a police search of the home at 1333 Page Boulevard in May, following Weldon's arrest for the alleged kidnapping and rape of the mother of his children.

And the listed cause of each of their deaths was "homicidal violence," according to death certificates obtained by MassLive. The dates, times and locations of their injuries are unknown but were caused by assault, the certificates say.
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Attorney Brett Vottero, a former Hampden County prosecutor who handled murder cases under former DA William Bennet, said in an interview it is not abnormal for homicide prosecutions to proceed without an exact cause of death, particularly when victims are not found for months or years after a killing.

"Every case is different and the ability of a medical examiner to identify the precise mechanism of death is going to depend on the condition of the body," said Vottero . "It's certainly not the first homicide in Hampden County where the body was decomposed significantly."

But other legal experts interviewed by MassLive said the phrasing on the death certificate -- "homicidal violence" -- is unusual. While causes of death can sometimes remain undetermined, a listed cause generally includes a specific mechanism of death, like gunshot, asphyxiation or blunt force trauma, said Northeastern University School of Law Professor Daniel Medwed.

"I'm not intimately familiar with the full range of descriptions of cause of death on Massachusetts death certificates, but my initial reaction is its remarkably vague, nonspecific and unusual," he said. "There would usually be something to describe the behavior, not just 'homicidal violence.' "

Both Vottero and Springfield-based defense attorney John Thompson noted that medical examiners are not limited to purely medical analysis when determining whether a death is a homicide. Forensic pathologists can look at circumstantial evidence, witness statements and police reports when ruling on a death.

And in Weldon's case, such information was abundant -- including allegations of abductions and assaults from living victims and nearly 200 pieces of evidence gleaned from a police search of 1333 Page Boulevard.
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It is certainly possible to successfully prosecute a murder without those details, but their absence opens a potential line of argument for Weldon's defense attorney, Siegel said.

"It might raise the cause of death as an issue. I don't think it's a basis to invalidate the autopsy or anything like that, but it might be something to pursue in the defense," Siegel said. "The government has to prove that the defendant caused somebody's death, and that might be an issue."

Thompson said that death certificates, while admissible as evidence in Massachusetts courts, do not typically play major roles in homicide prosecutions. A full autopsy report can have more impact and may include details about injuries that could help prove the victims died by homicide, even if the medical examiner could not identify a specific fatal wound, Thompson said.

"It can be a difficult question," he said. "Sometimes the autopsy will answer that question."
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That alleged pattern of activity could help prosecutors prove their case against Weldon, said Medwed, who described the vague cause of death as a "speedbump" that would not likely derail the case.

"There's this concept in evidence law known as the doctrine of chances. It says if something happens a lot, and it's very unusual, it's pretty strong evidence of it being intentional," Medwed said. "That there were all these other women he abducted could show it was not an accident that these women died, because it was his m.o. to kidnap women and cause them harm."
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[Sugar Cookie]

An accused serial killer pleaded guilty in a Massachusetts courtroom Tuesday afternoon — one month before he was scheduled to face a trial on charges that he murdered three women. The local newspaper recently called his crime spree “one of the city’s grisliest criminal discoveries.”

Stewart Weldon, 44, admitted he committed 39 separate crimes. Weldon told a judge he was pleading guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and multiple other counts of kidnapping, sexual assault, indecent assault, and battery.

“I just want to close this case,” Weldon said in what WWLP described as a tearful plea hearing in Hampden County Superior Court.

Authorities found the bodies of three women in and around Weldon’s home in Springfield in 2018. He was originally charged with at least 50 separate offenses involving eleven separate victims via an indictment that was 52 pages long. The original indictment alleged three counts of first-degree murder and various other counts, including aggravated rape, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, assault with intent to rape, strangulation or suffocation, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, witness intimidation, unarmed robbery, larceny by stealing, indecent assault and battery, assault, refusal to submit to a police officer, resisting arrest, and driving to endanger. His victims were listed by the initials C.M., M.R., G.C., J.L.M., J.R., T.M., S.F., J.M.M., E.R., A.L., and K.E. in the indictments.

Authorities went to Weldon’s home after his mother told police she smelled a “foul odor” on the property, statewide news website MassLive.com reported in 2019. The website is operated by the Springfield Republican newspaper.

MassLive.com further reported on Tuesday that Weldon was accused of giving his three murder victims drugs. He admitted to holding them captive, raping them, and strangling them to death. The three who died were named Kayla Escalante, 27, of Ludlow, Mass., and America Lyden, 34, and Ernestine Ryans, 47, of Springfield, Mass., the newspaper and website reported.

“Their bodies were discovered in a basement bathroom, buried under the garage and stashed in a shed on the property,” MassLive.com recalled.

Serial Killer Admits He Murdered 3 Women and Left Their Bodies to Decompose Around His Home

He admitted to murdering three women and leaving their bodies to decompose around his home. And there were other victims, authorities said, who survived.

lawandcrime.com

America Lyden Canales, Ernestine Ryans and Kayla Escalante.



Weldon will be formally sentenced to three consecutive life terms behind bars on Sept. 30. He struck a deal with prosecutors to plead to 39 criminal counts just days before he was set for trial.

Springfield serial killer Stewart Weldon will serve 3 consecutive life sentences for the murders of a trio of local women

Police recovered the bodies of Kayla Escalante, 27, of Ludlow, America Lyden, 34, and Ernestine Ryans, 47, both of Springfield, from Weldon’s home late at night on May 30, 2018.

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