Real estate and development? And the north end? I'm going with mob related. It's a well known fact that in the northeast, organized crime has their fingers in the pie of any major development projects. Perhaps someone didn't get their payoff on a job that Magee's company was involved in?
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This article supports your theory. Haven't seen it before...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...murders-jack-geraldine-magee-article-1.993089
Police eye mob in Massachusetts mansion murders of Jack and Geraldine Magee