Interesting . . .
The Reported 'Best Friend' Of The Dead Boston
Bombing Suspect Was The Victim In Brutal Unsolved Murder Two Years Ago
Business Insider
The most intriguing nugget from the big Boston Globe
profile of the Tsarnaev Brothers (the
brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon attack) is this one:
Gym owner Allan said that Tamerlan had once
introduced him to an American, Brendan Mess, whom Tamerlan described as his
best friend.
Two years ago, Mess and two other men were
brutally killed in a Waltham apartment where they were found by police with
their throats slit and their bodies covered with marijuana. The murders remain
unsolved.
Nobody states that there's a connection, but
obviously now everyone's wondering if there is one.
The murders were a big deal at the time, due
to the disturbing, grisly nature of the crime.
As months went by without a resolution, the
case got more attention.
From The Braindeis university paper
in November 2011:
Nearly two months after police officers
rushed to 12 Harding Ave. on a September afternoon and found three men dead in
a triple homicide; nearly two months after reporters from every Boston TV
station stood behind the yellow crime scene tape, surrounded by flashing red
and blue lights, demanding updates from Middlesex District Attorney Gerard
Leone and airing interviews with neighbors on the nightly news; and nearly two
months after three men under the age of 40 were stabbed to death in the neck
just three miles from Brandeis University, law enforcement is still searching
for answers, officials said Thursday.
The seasons have turned since the warm night
on Sept. 12 when detectives began an investigation into the triple murder of
Brendan Mess, 25, of Waltham; Erik Weissman, 31, of Cambridge; and Raphael
Teken, 37, of Cambridge, who graduated from Brandeis in 1998 and majored in
history. Updates on the investigation have not been noticeable.
After describing the apartment that night as
a “very graphic crime scene” Leone later released a statement saying that
“based on the present state of the investigation, it is believed that the
victims knew the assailant or assailants, and the attacks were not random.”
And a year later from the Waltham Patch
(September 2012):
A year after the
triple murder at 12 Harding Ave., investigators say they are still
actively investigating the case and pursuing leads.
Today, Sept. 12, marks one year since the
murders of Raphael Teken, of Waltham, Erik Weissman, of Cambridge and Brendan
Mess, of Waltham, at 12 Harding Ave.
Nobody has been arrested in connection with
the case and police never publicly named any suspects. Mess had been living in
the second floor unit of the house.
“Solving this case remains a priority for
this office. We have not forgotten about Brendan, Erik or Raphael. Our hope
remains that we are eventually able to provide justice for the victims’
families,” said Stephanie Chelf Guyotte, the Middlesex District Attorney's
office spokesman, in an email to Waltham Patch.
Almost certainly, this case will get renewed
attention.
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