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Dec 1, 2023 · Police investigated Charles Stuart’s car at the scene of the shooting in Mission Hill on Oct. 23, 1989. (Tom Herde/Globe Staff) Boston Mayor Ray Flynn, at a makeshift podium, spoke to the media about the murder of Carol Stuart on Oct. 24, 1989. Standing next to him: Deputy Superintendent Joseph Carter, center in uniform, and Police ...
- The pressure builds and a police manhunt envelops Mission Hill
First, at the crime scene in Mission Hill, where paramedics...
- The pressure builds and a police manhunt envelops Mission Hill
The shooting occurred in Boston's predominantly black Mission Hill neighborhood. It generated intense and sustained media attention both nationally and in Boston as an alleged example of black on white crime. During this period, Suffolk County District Attorney Newman A. Flanagan lobbied the state legislature to reinstitute the death penalty.
Dec 1, 2023 · Police blue lights were common in Mission Hill in these days, almost routine — the city’s murder rate was nearing an all-time peak. But this crime — the carjacking of a man and his pregnant wife — shattered that routine. For just a few more minutes, the people of Mission Hill were oblivious to the gathering storm.
The crime and its aftermath shaped a generation of people in Mission Hill The Stuart case may now be a part of the city’s lore, but it’s also stayed with many people.
Dec 1, 2023 · First, at the crime scene in Mission Hill, where paramedics found Chuck and Carol Stuart in their blue Toyota Cressida. Then, at the district police station where the mayor went on TV to announce he was ordering every available detective in the department to work the case.
Dec 1, 2023 · Reporters knocked on doors throughout Mission Hill, visited witnesses across the country, and uncovered secret grand jury files, police interrogation tapes, and other key law enforcement documents ...
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Dec 4, 2023 · A new documentary is exploring Boston's infamous murder case and the racial tensions it stoked. "Murder in Boston" chronicles how, on the night of Oct. 23, 1989, Charles "Chuck" Stuart falsely claimed that a Black man shot him and killed his pregnant wife Carol in a violent carjacking — leading to an intense manhunt targeting young Black men all over the city.
