US EditionNew England Serial Killer Accused of New Murders as Authorities Uncover Decade-Long Crime Spree: DA
Kevin Lino faces charges in four murders over ten years involving homeless victims and varied methods, including fatal beatings and heroin overdoses, prosecutors said.
- Recently, Kevin Lino, 38, of Lowell, was arraigned in August on alleged 2010 and 2012 murders; he is serving a sentence for 2012 and 2014 killings and now linked to four deaths across two states.
- Prosecutors allege Lino launched a 2012 campaign to drive heroin users from the Harvard Square encampment, intentionally killing Douglas Leon Clarke, 30, with a fatal heroin dose known as a hot shot.
- In 2010, prosecutors allege Lino beat 54-year-old Gary Melanson to death with an aluminum baseball bat at a Lowell, Massachusetts homeless encampment after Melanson refused to stop lighting fires.
- Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan declared `Mr. Lino is a serial killer`, prosecutors say Kevin Lino faces two counts of alleged first-degree murder and is in custody while investigations continue.
- While remains were found earlier this year, authorities say Lino is not connected to those discoveries and 2018 information linked him to Douglas Leon Clarke's death at the Harvard Square MBTA station encampment.
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Authorities Label Massachusetts Man A ‘Serial Killer’ After Links To Fatal Bat Attack, Overdose
A Massachusetts man already serving prison time for two homicides has been officially labeled a “serial killer” by prosecutors after being charged with the cold-case murders of two additional men. Kevin Lino, 38, of Lowell, was arraigned recently on new murder charges connected to deaths dating back to 2010 and 2012. Lino is currently incarcerated […] Authorities Label Massachusetts Man A ‘Serial Killer’ After Links To Fatal Bat Attack, Overdose
Serial Killer Targeting the Homeless? Massachusetts Investigators Uncover Disturbing Pattern of Violence
Prosecutors in Massachusetts say they have uncovered a chilling pattern of killings, alleging that serial killer suspect Kevin J. Lino, a homeless man already convicted of two murders, may be responsible for even more deaths. According to reporting from Boston 25 News, Newsweek, and other outlets, investigators believe Lino fits the federal definition of a
Massachusetts Serial Killer Now Charged with 2 Additional Murders
A New England man has been linked to a string of murders across Massachusetts. According to Boston 25 News, Kevin Lino, 38, is accused of the 2012 killing of Normand Varieur in Boston, and Jack Gilbert Berry in Missoula, Montana, in 2014, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office. “Mr. Lino is a serial killer,” Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said. “The Department of Justice defines a serial killer as someone wh…
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