Man Charged in Two 2024 Overdose Deaths at Cape Cod Beach
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New criminal charges shed light on 2024 Cape Cod beach deaths of two men
It was four days before Halloween in 2024 when Dean Monterio and Lucas Escabi were found dead at Englewood Beach in Yarmouth.The details at the time were scant. Both men — then unidentified to the public — were believed to be in their 20s. The Yarmouth Police Department said it was an isolated incident and that there was no danger to the public. An investigation was ongoing.
More than a year after two men were found dead in the parking lot of a Cape Cod beach, a man has been formally charged with manslaughter, authorities announced on Wednesday. A grand jury in Barnstable County filed charges against 29-year-old Malik Franklin for the deaths of Dean Monterio and Lucas Escabi, on 27 October 2024, the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office reported. Authorities had previously reported that two men were found uncons…
Surveillance Video Leads Grand Jury to Indict West Yarmouth Man on...
YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS — A Barnstable County grand jury has indicted a 29-year-old West Yarmouth man on two counts of manslaughter for his role in the fatal overdoses of two men at Englewood Beach last October. Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois announced today that the grand jury returned the indictments on June 12, 2026, against Malik Franklin. The victims have been identified as Dean Monterio and Lucas Escabi. On October 27,…
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