Case Update | An Arrest! Justice For Charline Rosemond

Justice is coming for Charline at last! News broke this week in her 16-year-old murder case will be resolved. The first real hope for justice for Charline and her family.

On Thurs, April 10, Middlesex County District Attorney Marion Ryan announced the arrest of Heinsky Anacreon, age 38, of Malden, Mass, who was indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury on charges of murder, willfully misleading a police officer and willfully misleading an attorney.charging him with first-degree murder in this cold case that has haunted Charline's family since the day she disappeared on April 7, 2009. The investigation revealed a heartbreaking betrayal - Charline was lured by so-called friends with the promise of a sweet deal on a car, only to be robbed and killed. Most disturbing perhaps is the evidence that after the murder, her killers celebrated with a bottle of Moet champagne and toasted their windfall.

For those who've followed Crime of the Truest Kind, this case has been near to my heart. After sharing her case in a live show in 2024, and interviewing Charline's sister Rose (listen to episodes 71 and 72) last fall and advocating for this case at every opportunity, seeing this development brings joy. Nothing can bring Charline back or erase her family's 16 years of hoping and waiting for her killers to be caught. As we look toward a trial, I will continue following every development. Advocacy is key. After 16 years, there's finally been an arrest in the murder case of Charlene Roseman, a 23-year-old woman from Everett who was shot to death for $4,000 cash in 2009. Middlesex County District Attorney Marion Ryan has announced charges against Hensky Anacreon, revealing that Charlene was set up by someone she considered a close friend, Roberto Jude, who died before facing justice.

• Charlene disappeared April 7, 2009, she was found on April 13.

• DNA evidence on the car's door handle linked Roberto Jude to the scene

• Anacreon allegedly admitted to disposing of the murder weapon in a river

• Charlene's family will be meeting on April 13th at 3pm in Union Square, Somerville – the 16th anniversary of when she was found.