Nonantum

A judge ruled Monday that the man charged in the triple killing that rocked the Newton, Massachusetts, community in June is “not competent” to stand trial at this time due to mental illness. Following Newton District Court Judge Jennifer Quealy’s decision, 41-year-old Christopher Ferguson will remain at Bridgewater State Hospital, the psychatric facility where he was already being held....

Family, friends and neighbors gathered Tuesday for a memorial mass for three people fatally stabbed Sunday in a Newton home.

The church the family attended with host a Mass to remember their lives Tuesday night as the community grapples with the shocking loss.

The loss of three people who were killed in their home on Sunday weighs heavily on the Newton community as a Mass of Peace will be held to honor their lives Tuesday evening. Bruno and Jill D’Amore and Jill’s mother Lucia Arpino were found dead inside their home on Broadway Street in the Nonantum neighborhood on Sunday.  The D’Amores were...

Christopher Ferguson, the man charged in a triple killing at a home the Nonantum neighborhood in Newton, Massachusetts, appeared in court Tuesday.

Cardinal Sean O’Malley issued a statement Tuesday responding to the “brutal and senseless murders” of three people who were parishioners at a local Catholic church in Newton, Massachusetts, earlier this week. “As priests, we serve to minister to people in times of great loss and tragedy. Often words are not enough to help families and friends come to terms...

Ferguson, who has been in the hospital since Sunday, was arrested after forensic analysis of ceramic tile outside the bedroom showed bloody prints of bare feet, according to prosecutors.

The man charged in the triple killing that rocked the Newton, Massachusetts, community Sunday appeared in court on Tuesday, pleading not guilty to the charge of murder he currently faces. Christopher Ferguson was ordered held without bail.

A husband, a wife and her mother are being mourned a day after their deaths, and a suspect has been charged with murder.

Bloody, bare footprints found in the Massachusetts home where three people were killed Sunday led investigators to arrest a Newton man, prosecutors said Monday. Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan identified the suspect as 41-year-old Christopher Ferguson. He has been charged with murder in the death of Jill D’Amore, who was killed Sunday along with her husband, Bruno D’Amore,...

Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan announced Monday that an arrest had been made after the deaths of three people Sunday in Newton, Massachusetts.

Investigators have said they believe the three victims – a couple in their 70s and the wife’s mother, were killed in what appears to be a random attack.

A suspect has been charged with murder in connection with the deaths of a husband, wife and her mother, who were found dead in a home in Newton, Massachusetts, on Sunday. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said at a press conference Monday night that they have arrested Christopher Ferguson, 41, in connection with the attack. Ferguson is currently charged with…

During Sunday evening’s news conference, Ryan said that a person known to the victims in the case called 911 at around 10:14 a.m., reporting that the three elderly residents of the Broadway Street home appeared to be dead inside. Responding authorities confirmed that, saying that they appeared to be victims of stab wounds and blunt force trauma, Ryan said.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan — who could not recall any other triple murder in Newton’s history — said that two of the three victims were celebrating a 50th wedding anniversary over the weekend, and were expected in church on Sunday morning.

A murder suspect is in custody Monday night, nearly a day after the triple killing at a home in Newton, Massachusetts, on Sunday prompted authorities to call for vigilance amid a search for whoever is responsible for the killings. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan — who could not recall any other triple killings in Newton’s history — said that two…