Alabama Man Accused of Murdering 11-Year-Old Girl in 1988 Found Not Guilty

Marvin McClendon Jr.’s first trial ended in a mistrial in 2023 after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

Marvin C. McClendon Jr. stands in the prisoner's dock during his arraignment in Lawrence District Court in Lawrence, Mass., on May 13, 2022. Tim Jean/The Eagle-Tribune via AP

An Alabama man charged with the 1988 murder of an 11-year-old girl in Massachusetts was found not guilty by jurors in his second trial on Nov. 5.

Marvin McClendon Jr. of Breman, Alabama, was arrested in 2022 for the murder of Melissa Ann Tremblay, whose body was found in the old Boston and Maine Railway Yard in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Sept. 12, 1988.