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In November of 1992, the murder of 15-year-old Beth Brodie devastated the small town of Groveland, Massachusetts (where I spent my childhood). Her killer was a 16 -year-old boy she knew from school who'd developed a violent obsession with her. For this premeditated and gruesome murder, he was sentenced as an adult to life in prison. That’s only part of her story.
I talk to Beth's brother Sean Aylward to get a first-hand account of Beth's story, about the case, what it’s like for a family of a murdered loved one and how they fight to keep attention on Beth and not about the person who took her life.
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Sources
Pat Badger Alpacas
Boston 25 News - Juror Who Put Teen Behind Bars Outraged
Uni - Mass Youth Charged In Baseball Bat Killing of Beth Brodie
Baltimore sun (Boston Globe) Beth Brodie murder
Commonwealth vs Baldwin
AP News, 2014 - Parole considerations for juveniles https://newsroom-ap-org.ezproxy.bpl.org/detail/CORRECTIONJuvenileLifeSentences/9616ee52f90f4826a8990b0fb746c99e/photo?Query=beth%20AND%20brodie&mediaType=photo,graphic,audio&sortBy=&dateRange=Anytime&totalCount=2¤tItemNo=0
Boston Globe - Sean Aylward Letter to the Editor https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2014/02/02/readers-respond-articles-parole-gay-marriage-and-more/iHJBjy6Frd17NcO8coPfDO/story.html
Salem News - Parole hearing cancelled by defendant
Newburyport News - No Parole for Groveland murder https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/brother-no-parole-for-killer-of-groveland-girl/article_20f3d19e-e9c4-5881-8093-7841d19744d7.html
Lawrence Eagle Tribune - 18 teen killers released https://www.eagletribune.com/news/merrimack_valley/18-teen-killers-released-under-sjc-ruling/article_4b90db97-83ff-50b8-a987-8b4144582732.html#:~:text=Jamie%20Fuller%20of%20Beverly%2C%20who%20murdered%20his%2014-year-old,postponed.%20Some%20teen%20killers%20have%20been%20cleared%20 New York Daily News - Family of Massachusetts cheerleader murdered in 1992 fights ruling that allows her killer parole https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/family-massachusetts-cheerleader-murdered-1992-fights-ruling-killer-parole-article-1.1564441
Brother: No parole for killer of Groveland girl, Groveland teen murdered with baseball bat in 1992
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Cheerleader, 15, is beaten to death
Tom Coakley, Boston Globe, Nov 20, 1992
Policeman kills man in Groveland
John Cullen, Jeff McLaughlin, Boston Globe, Nov 1, 1973
Lowell Sun - Billy Blaisdell Murder
Boston Globe - 700 Bid Farewell to Beth Brodie