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Highlighting News Stories for Our Town for the week of April 30, 2002 |
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Unsolved Homicides
We believe that it is in the interest of our community and the survivors of a horrific crime to continue to work toward a judicial solution.
Unsolved homicides need never be ignored as too difficult too solve.
The Norfolk County District Attorney recognizes this and has a unit referred to as the ‘cold case unit’ – employing assistance from the state police as necessary.
The community itself can be of enormous help also. All of us are part of the total solution to any problem in the community.
Let’s look at one case in particular that is receiving a fresh approach to the investigation.
We turn the calendar back to July 11, 1996.
Here are the salient facts and the puzzle that emerges.
1. A young woman, Marci Fusillo Martini, is found unconscious in her bedroom in her condominium at Teal Circle in Walpole. Her boyfriend arrived home after working late and made the discovery. 2. The boyfriend called the police who arrived and had the woman taken away and began an informal inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the situation. 3. Marci was suspected to have died of an overdose. Hours later the Medical Examiner declared in his analysis that she had died of a trauma to the neck. 4. Thereupon, on Friday, July 12, 1996 an aggressive investigation ensued – with state and local police and investigators from the District attorney’s Office in collaboration. 5. No suspects were ever charged with a crime. 6. The case has remained a puzzle to this day – nearly six years later. 7. The family of Marci Fusillo continues to mourn their daughter – striving to uncover information that could help to solve this mystery. 8. The question of how this young woman died remains.
We in our community may search our memory and notes and try to remember anything that could help fit the pieces of the puzzle together.
The cold case unit has begun its effort to review and analyze all the data that has accumulated. The authorities are working diligently.
If anyone
has any piece of data that may connect with the story of July 11,
1996, please contact the Walpole Police.
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