Very lengthy article.
Jan 22 '24 rbbm
www.masslive.com
Annie Murchison before her slaying at her home in Springfield in 1977.Courtesy of the Murchison family
'Murchison had three children, aged 9, 4 and 2. They were unharmed and still sleeping upstairs.'
'A neighbor reported hearing the sound of tires squealing around 11:30 p.m. the night before. Police never found the murder weapon. But physical evidence was left behind, making Murchison’s case ripe for another look.'
Jan 22 '24 rbbm
A look at cold cases Hampden County prosecutors hope to solve with DNA advances
Mothers stabbed and strangled, an abandoned newborn and decades-old sexual assaults.
''Annie Murchison, 28, died July 26, 1977
This mother of three young children, who served as a daycare mom for other children in the neighborhood, was found fatally stabbed five times in the back at her home on 121 Eastern Ave in Springfield. She was covered with a sheet and clad only in underpants when a family member found her just after 7:30 a.m.
Annie Murchison before her slaying at her home in Springfield in 1977.Courtesy of the Murchison family
'Murchison had three children, aged 9, 4 and 2. They were unharmed and still sleeping upstairs.'
'A neighbor reported hearing the sound of tires squealing around 11:30 p.m. the night before. Police never found the murder weapon. But physical evidence was left behind, making Murchison’s case ripe for another look.'