Couple Celebrating 50th Wedding Anniversary Stabbed to Death, Suspect Arrested

Couple Celebrating 50th Wedding Anniversary Stabbed to Death, Suspect Arrested
An investigator walks out of a home along Broadway Street in Newton, Mass., on June 25, 2023. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via AP
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BOSTON—A suspect was arrested Monday in the weekend killings of a Boston-area husband and wife celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and the woman’s 97-year-old mother, authorities said.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said police took Christopher Ferguson into custody and charged him with killing 73-year-old Gilda “Jill” D’Amore after an autopsy revealed her death was a homicide. Ferguson also was charged with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, and burglary.