Need info - murder in the water station mid 80's

[StellaBellaOella]

There was a woman tortured and killed off of rt 14 near Reservoir . An arrest was made and convicted the killer. Does anyone have any recollection/info to share?

[denmgb]

Is this the case you were referring to, it happened in July 1999. Around the time of JFR Jr's death.

MELISSA GOSULE body recovered
MICHAEL GENTILE under arrest
Pembroke, Mass.
Hub teacher's body is found after 8 days (Boston Globe) The emotional eight-day search for a 27-year-old Boston teacher who disappeared July 11 after her car broke down near the Cap Cod Canal ended yesterday when the body of Melissa Gosule was found in a makeshift grave near the Chafin Reservoir.

[StellaBellaOella]

denmgb wrote:

Is this the case you were referring to, it happened in July 1999. Around the time of JFR Jr's death.
MELISSA GOSULE body recovered
MICHAEL GENTILE under arrest
Pembroke, Mass.
Hub teacher's body is found after 8 days (Boston Globe) The emotional eight-day search for a 27-year-old Boston teacher who disappeared July 11 after her car broke down near the Cap Cod Canal ended yesterday when the body of Melissa Gosule was found in a makeshift grave near the Chafin Reservoir.

This murder I speak of happened around 1985.
But thanks for your response.

[denmgb]

fter giving your request some more thought, I do recall that the remains of a young woman were found in a steel drum on the grounds of the water station. The woman had been tortured with electric shocks from auto jumping cables. I also recall that an employee of Rockland/Abington joint water works was arrested and convicted of the murder. I have tried researching online for more information, but as of this time I haven't had much luck. Is this the incident you were referring to?

[Marko]

It was a long time ago. I recall that the young lady was picked up in Brockton and taken to the water treatment plant and sexually abused and tortured with auto jumper cables. Her body was dumped in the sand pit known at Bartlett's pit off of Oldham Street. Hope this helps.

[Captain Pembroke]

Marko has the story right.

The victim was a foster child living on or near Pine Tree Lane in Pembroke. She was allegedly a drug addict and prostitute. I believe that the foster family's surname was Denim or Denum or ???

The victim was picked up by the killer and taken to the water pumping station where he worked - I think it was on Great Sandy Bottom Pond off Mattakeesett Street.

My recollection is that the crime scene had been cleaned, but that blood sprayed up, underneath a table or shelf or something similar had been overlooked by the killer when he cleaned up.

Again, Marko is right about the body. The body was found off Oldham Street, near where West Elm Street intersects with Oldham.

[Marko]

Hey Captain. This was when there were a rash of murders in Pembroke. Do you recall any of them?

[StellaBellaOella]

This murder haunts me to this day. I lived close to the murder scene and had heard screaming, but it sounded like a wild animal and couldn't fathom a scream like that to be human, but it was. Also, her murderer lived in an apartment bld my father owned years earlier, he made life very miserable for us all.

[Captain Pembroke]

Marko wrote:

Hey Captain. This was when there were a rash of murders in Pembroke. Do you recall any of them?

The only other homicide I remember in Pembroke took place at a duplex on Pleasant Street in North Pembroke. My understanding is that it was a drug-related homicide.

Do you have anything to jog my memories about any other ones?

[Marko]

Perhaps you are speaking of the murder / suicide in North Pembroke.
On West Street, an elderly woman was murdered and remains unsolved.
On Four Winds Drive, an elderly couple was murdered.
And on Gorham Drive, a girl was burind in a guy's back yard. All of these crimes, if I recall, happened in a short time span.

[Captain Pembroke]

I'm afraid that none of those events rings a bell with me.

Fortunately, our beloved South Shore is mostly homicide-free!