MA MA - Carol Flaz, 37, Lawrence, 31 Aug 2024

[GraceG]

BBM Except that her car was left at her residence per article upthread. MOO

Thanks! I didn't see that.

 

[Knox]

Wow that was solved very quickly. Carol looks like one of my good friends, I did a double take when I saw the pictures.

My thoughts and prayers are with her children and all those who loved Carol. Another senseless death at the hands of a violent man.

 

[FansBlowing]

They must have been lovers. 7:30 am? Most people are still sleeping or at least still in bed at that time.

 

[azure]

They must have been lovers. 7:30 am? Most people are still sleeping or at least still in bed at that time.

I'd say most people with 2 children are out of bed well before 7:30.

 

[GraceG]

The POI has no priors in Essex County. https://www.masscourts.org/eservices/searchresults.page

 

[FansBlowing]

Didn't she receive a call before she left to throw out the trash? Maybe he was the one calling her to come over. Premeditated perhaps, not just a crime of passion.

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 4, 2024

Man charged with misleading investigators in connection with missing Massachusetts woman​

According to prosecutors, Flaz-Burgos was seen on surveillance video walking from her apartment to Montero's apartment. When she entered his apartment, she was allegedly seen on surveillance video texting and then making the sign of the cross. Two hours later, Montero was allegedly seen on surveillance video leaving his apartment with a wagon filled with clothes. During this time, prosecutors said data from Flaz-Burgos' cellphone showed the phone moving away from the apartment building.

Montero allegedly told police he parked his car near a barbershop in Lawrence but surveillance video never showed his car on the street or Montero in the barbershop.

 

[FansBlowing]

Montero didn't kill her in his apartment? Sounds like she packed up some clothes... a roommate that previously moved out perhaps. I wonder what the cause of death was? What makes the police believe Montero killed her? Sounds like she left his apartment alive.

 

[GraceG]

Montero didn't kill her in his apartment? Sounds like she packed up some clothes... a roommate that previously moved out perhaps. I wonder what the cause of death was? What makes the police believe Montero killed her? Sounds like she left his apartment alive.

She didn't pack any clothes according to the article, she went over there, and then HE was seen leaving with a "wagon filled with clothes". She was never seen on the surveillance video that recorded her arrival as ever leaving. I would bet her body was in that wagon, she's only a bit over 5 foot tall, covered with clothes, then wheeled out to be taken somewhere other than the crime scene.

We probably won't know the cause of death for a while, but once they have formal murder charges we will know they likely have the forensic ties. One thing stuck out in this article. He had to have an interpreter for the court. So he didn't speak English, which is probably why I couldn't find him in any official records for the state or county, he may be recently in the US. Video shows slain Lawrence mother going to neighbor's apartment but not leaving

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 4, 2024

Video shows slain Lawrence mother going to neighbor's apartment but not leaving

LAWRENCE — Carol Flaz-Burgos made the "sign of the cross" over her chest and was texting before entering her neighbor Cristian Montero's apartment on Saturday morning.

www.eagletribune.com

Investigators viewing surveillance video from her 590 Broadway apartment saw the Lawrence mother of two enter the apartment. But they never saw her leave alive, a prosecutor said.

Later, after viewing 15 hours of surveillance tape, Montero was seen leaving the apartment pulling a "wagon" or "beach cart" that appeared "filled with clothes," according to an investigator's report.

Detectives searching the woman's cell phone data found movement at the same time Montero left this apartment with the wagon and were led to the nearby city of Haverhill, a prosecutor said.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Cristian Montero, 35, was held without bail during his arraignment in Lawrence District Court on Wednesday, the Globe wrote. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of witness intimidation and was ordered held without bail until a detention hearing on Sept.11.

Man held without bail in connection with Mass. woman's disappearance, death, report says

A man was charged with witness intimidation for misleading investigators looking into the disappearance of a Lawrence woman.

www.masslive.com

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 5, 2024

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article291980600.html

The evening of Sept. 3, a Massachusetts State Police K-9 found Flaz-Burgos’ body near Kenoza Lake in a conservation area in Haverhill, about a 12-mile drive from where the mom was last seen, police said.

Officials said Montero was caught in a lie about his whereabouts when phone data pinged him in Haverhill, according to WFXT.

He’s now charged with witness intimidation and misleading an investigation, according to a news release from the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. An autopsy will help determine whether Montero will face an upgraded charge of murder, officials said.

 

[GraceG]

SEP 5, 2024

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article291980600.html

The evening of Sept. 3, a Massachusetts State Police K-9 found Flaz-Burgos’ body near Kenoza Lake in a conservation area in Haverhill, about a 12-mile drive from where the mom was last seen, police said.

Officials said Montero was caught in a lie about his whereabouts when phone data pinged him in Haverhill, according to WFXT.

He’s now charged with witness intimidation and misleading an investigation, according to a news release from the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. An autopsy will help determine whether Montero will face an upgraded charge of murder, officials said.

"data from her cellphone showed it began moving away from the apartment building on Broadway at the same time Montero was seen leaving it "with a wagon, a beach cart, that appeared to be filled with clothes," prosecutors said. Her phone started moving toward Haverhill, where her body would later be found Tuesday." New details revealed on search for Lawrence mom found dead Tuesday

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 5, 2024

Lawrence mother remembered at vigil

Community members in Lawrence, Massachusetts, gathered Thursday to remember a woman who was found dead after being reported missing. Hundreds of people came together at a vigil to remember 37-year-old Carol Flaz-Burgos, who disappeared from her Lawrence apartment building Saturday. Her body was...

www.nbcboston.com

[...]

Hundreds of people came together at a vigil to remember 37-year-old Carol Flaz-Burgos, who disappeared from her Lawrence apartment building Saturday. ...

[...]

She was a person who took care of her family," said Flaz-Burgos' boss, Denise Vasquez.

She loved her job as a home health aide, Vasquez said, and her patients are devastated.

"All of her clients remember her as a lovely person," said Vasquez. "And she built a good relationship with all of them."

[...]

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Boston 25 News reported Flaz was seen making the "sign of the cross" before going inside his home. Montero was allegedly seen coming out of his unit pushing a wagon with clothes.

"The moment that she walked into this office, she would light up the room. Always with a bright smile. I'm devastated, frustrated, angry," Flaz's coworker, Kendrys Vasquez, told WBZ-TV.

Neighbor's shifting alibis lead to arrest in Mass. woman's disappearance, police say

Detectives looking for Carol Flaz said Cristian Montero gave a fake alibi, prompting a lengthy investigation into his story, reports say.

www.usatoday.com

 

[cocomod]

I really wonder what she saw in his home that made her make the "sign of the cross"; and then to never leave alive? How terribly sad!