GUILTY MA - Doctors Richard Field, 49, & Lina Bolanos, 38, slain, Boston, 5 May 2017 *Arrest*

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Tuesday, November 26th:
*Jury Trial continues (Day 6) (@ am ET) - MA - Drs. Richard Field (49) & Lina Bolanos (38) murdered in Boston Apt. (May 5, 2017) - Bampumin Teixeira (30) arrested (5/5/17) & arraigned (9/12/18) of 2 counts 1st degree murder, armed robbery & kidnapping & 1 count armed house invasion. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial began on 11/19/19 with jury selection. Trial started on 11/20. 2 week trial. Jurors: 6 women & 2 men.
Trial info from 11/19/19 to 11/21/19 (Day 1-3) reference post #336 here:
MA - Dr. Richard Field, 49, Dr. Lina Bolanos, 38, slain, Boston, 5 May 2017 *Arrest*
11/22/19 Day 4: State witnesses: Property manager Christopher Mullen returns to the stand. Claudia Mimo (She’s a resident of 141 Dorchester Ave. She also lives on the 11th floor). Christopher Markunas (works for Boston police as a quality control director overseeing the 911 center). Matthias Heidenreich (a Vertex scientist & friend of both who received texts from Field). Trial continues on Monday, 11/25.
11/25/19 Day 5: State witnesses: Matthias Heindenreich (friend of the doctors; back from yesterday). Fabiana Fagundes (is Heidenreich’s girlfriend). Amanda Gibbs (Dr. Lina Bolanos’ godmother). Zuruf Tongo (Conceirge at the doctors building). There was a brief break then Boston police officer Sean Wallace was questioned without the jury present. The attorneys arguing whether statements Bampumim Teixeira allegedly said in the building that night are admissible. The judge ruled they are. Zuruf Tongo back on stand. Officer Scott MacIsaac (Boston police; he responded to the murder scene). Officer Sean Wallace (testified in front of a jury; was questioned earlier without jurors present). Trial continues on 11/26.

 

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Kimberly Bookman
‏Verified account @KimberlyBookman
60m60 minutes ago

Back in court this morning for the trial of man charged with slaying engaged doctors. It comes after an emotional day yesterday when a 911 call was played - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

Detective Sean Wallace resumes testimony this morning. Defense attorney Steve Sack questioning him about responding to the #SouthBoston condo

Wallace testifies he did not enter the doctors penthouse. He went into the stairwell to clear it.

Wallace says while in the stairwell he heard 3-4 shots then “get on the ground” ... “drop the gun”, he opened the stair door to the penthouse hallway.

Wallace says in the hallway, Bampumim Teixeira was on the ground surrounded by 3 other officers. He joined to help cuff the suspect.

Defense asks about Teixeira’s condition. Wallace confirms he was “bleeding pretty good” ... “pool of blood on the floor.”

Wallace already testified that Teixeira smiled at him and made statements. Defense asked if Teixeira said “kill me! Kill me!”. Wallace says “I believe so”.

Defense attorney asks if any of police officers asked about where Teixeira’s gun was ... Wallace says “yes”. Wallace confirms no gun was found.

Wallace says he was interviewed by investigators 2 days after the incident. Defense asked if @bostonpolice usually write a form “right after” the incident. Wallace says “yes”. Defense sits and Prosecutor gets back up.

Prosecutor asks Wallace what happened when #EMS arrived. He said the officers lifted Teixeira and put him on a stretcher. Prosecutor John Pappas asks if Teixeira ever left his site after that. Wallace answers “no”.

Jury now leaving courtroom. They will board a bus to view 141 Dorchester Ave #SouthBoston, where the doctors lived.

Defense attorney says Teixeira will not be at the viewing. The jury will go inside the unit. Today, there does not appear to be as many of the victim’s family members in court.


link: Kimberly Bookman (@KimberlyBookman) | Twitter

 

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Jurors in trial of man accused of killing South Boston doctors to tour murder scene

 

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Kimberly Bookman
‏Verified account @KimberlyBookman
10m10 minutes ago

Jurors have returned from tour of victims condo. Testimony has resumed with @bostonpolice officer Steven Collette taking the stand.

Collette says he responded to #SouthBoston condo for call of “person with a gun”. He says in the elevator going to the penthouse, he took his gun out of his holster. “We didn’t know what was going to open up once the elevator opened up”.

Collette says there was a call for the “gun car” which brings shields and long guns. When he got to the penthouse level w/other officers, he tells the prosecutor “I said gun car is on its way, maybe we should wait.”

Collette says officers announced themselves when entering doctors penthouse. He says an officer yelled “gun! gun!”

Collette says 5 seconds after shots were fired, someone approached with arms extended. “I saw what I perceived was a weapon.”

“I was in fear of getting shot or others getting shot, so I discharged my firearm twice,” says Collette. He tells the prosecutor the person kept coming his way so he discharged one more time.

Collette says the suspect, identified as Bampumim Teixeira, was on his knees shouting “shoot me! shoot me!”

Collette says one officer kicked Teixeira and he punched him to take him down. Collette says Teixeira had gloves and blood on his hands.

Collette says he had blood on himself and wasn’t sure if he was shot. He took off his own shirt to check. He was taken to a hospital for chest tightness.

Prosecutor John Pappas finishes and Defense attorney Steve Sack cross examines Collette.


link: Kimberly Bookman (@KimberlyBookman) | Twitter

 

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Kimberly Bookman
‏Verified account @KimberlyBookman
30 mins ago

Collette says he had no description of gunman from initial call but was told a last name “Field” ... he says at first he thought that was the gunman’s last name.

After hearing gunshots, Collette says “I was under the impression we were being shot upon.” Sack asks “you later learned the gunfire was from a fellow officer?” Collette confirms that"

Sack asks after Teixeira was down “Did you hear a gun drop?” Collette answers “My ears were ringing from the gunshots.”

Teixeira is pulling at facial hair on his chin listening to testimony.

Sack: “did you punch him in his face?” Collette: “I might have.” Collette says they were trying to subdue Teixeira and it all happened so fast.

Sack asked if Teixeira said anything to one specific officer. Collette says “no”.

Collette: “we lifted his shirt looking for weapons.” Sack: “did you find any?” Collette: “not at that time.”

Collette steps down from stand. Next up: Peter Janeliunas from @BEMSincidents

Janeliunas responded to #SouthBoston condo for a call of “person shot”. He says “we didn’t know much about what was going on.”

Janeliunas says when they got to 11th floor, he saw a man face down in handcuffs ... wearing dark clothing & dark gloves ... with blood on his right pant leg.

Janeliunas says patient said he’d been shot. When Janeliunas asked “by who?” he says patient didn’t answer.

Janeliunas says on initial observation patient had cut on left hand, 2 shots to his right thigh. He says patient wouldn’t answer any questions he asked. #7news

Janeliunas says in ambulance they addressed bleeding on patient’s right leg, gave him oxygen & checked vital signs. He says patient lost a significant amount of blood.




link: Kimberly Bookman (@KimberlyBookman) | Twitter

 

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Kimberly Bookman
‏Verified account @KimberlyBookman
14 mins ago

Janeliunas describes patient as “alert” and giving appropriate responses to questions except those he wouldn’t answer like what his name is and what happened.

Prosecutor is done with questioning. Defense now cross examining Janeliunas.

Defense asks when Janeliunas responded to “person shot” if he knew it was a police involved shooting. Janeliunas answers “not at that time

Defense asks Janeliunas if he had a substantive conversation with Teixeira. Janeliunas answers “no, he refused to talk to me.”




link: Kimberly Bookman (@KimberlyBookman) | Twitter

 

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Well - off to bed - I shall continue in the morning...

 

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Jury visits South Boston condo where 2 doctors were murdered
Updated: Nov 26, 2019 - 4:55 PM
BOSTON - On day four of Bampumim Teixeira's murder trial, the jury went to the 11th-floor of the Macallen Building where police say two local doctors were found dead.

The full jury went by bus Tuesday to 141 Dorchester Avenue in South Boston where prosecutors say Dr. Lina Bolanos and Dr. Richard Field were murdered. When they returned to court, they heard the first testimony about where Bolanos and Field were found.

"I saw a man on the ground face down with hands behind back..." said Boston Police officer Christopher Carr.
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He also told the jury what he saw written on a wall in the condo, "There were words he killed my wife, as well as an X drawn over a picture."

Another officer testified earlier that while arresting Teixeira after they shot him, he told them the victims killed his wife. There has been no additional evidence about what Teixeira was talking about but one officer also testified he was making other comments.

"Do you remember him yelling, kill me, kill me?" the defense attorney asked. The detective replied, "I do, I do remember that."
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Kimberly Bookman
Verified account @KimberlyBookman
8hrs ago
Janeliunas steps down. Next witness, the 16th person to testify at this point: Officer Christopher Carr of the @bostonpolice #7news

On May 5, 2017 ... Carr responded to the scene as a member of the #SWAT team

Carr testified about going into the couples condo after they were murdered and what he found.


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Wednesday, November 27th:
*Jury Trial continues (Day 7) (@ am ET) - MA - Drs. Richard Field (49) & Lina Bolanos (38) murdered in Boston Apt. (May 5, 2017) - Bampumin Teixeira (30) arrested (5/5/17) & arraigned (9/12/18) of 2 counts 1st degree murder, armed robbery & kidnapping & 1 count armed house invasion. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial began on 11/19/19 with jury selection. Trial started on 11/20. 2 week trial. Jurors: 6 women & 2 men.
Trial info from 11/19/19 to 11/25/19 (Day 1-5) reference post #361 here:
MA - Dr. Richard Field, 49, Dr. Lina Bolanos, 38, slain, Boston, 5 May 2017 *Arrest*
11/26/19 Day 6: State witness: Detective Sean Wallace resumes testimony on cross exam by defense. Jury left courtroom. They boarded a bus to view 141 Dorchester Ave, where the doctors lived. Defense attorney says Teixeira will not be at the viewing. The jury will go inside the unit. Jurors returned from tour of victims’ condo. Boston Police Officer Steven Collette (one of the responding officers at condo). Peter Janeliunas (Paramedic from @BEMSincidents). Officer Christopher Carr (Bonston Police SWAT team). Trial continues to 11/27.

 

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Kimberly Bookman
‏Verified account @KimberlyBookman
29m29 minutes ago

Disturbing details revealed about the findings inside the doctors #SouthBoston condo. Tuesday’s story below. Today is day 5 in this murder trial.

First witness called to the stand this am is Sgt. Edward Meade of the @bostonpolice. On May 5, 2017 he was working for the #SWAT team.

As Meade was responding to the scene, he heard on the police radio that officers were entering the penthouse, yelling, a person was shot and a call that police had fired.

Meade says the person who was shot was not there when he arrived.

Meade says he knocked on the doctors’ neighbor’s door. Neighbor said bullets came through her wall, she didn’t know what was going on, she gave him access to the roof deck and she was evacuated from home with SWAT shield protecting her.

Meade says when he arrived the residents of penthouse A had not been accounted for, so they plotted a “rescue mission”. #7news

Meade says they got a K9. Keys didn’t work for penthouse A, they broke in, announced K9 & entered. An officer said “I found a body”.

Meade describes finding man in back, hands tied, wounds on neck, in blood with a solvent on him. And then a woman on back, in liquid w/hands behind her back and clearly not alive.

Meade describes seeing photos of people on trips on a wall that had been marked with words “payback” and “you killed my wife” written alongside.

Photo of crime scene shown to jury. It is of writing on the wall. It says “he killed my wife”.

Prosecutor John Pappas shows jury two photos taken after SWAT entered the door. It shows lock smashed. Meade says they tried to use keys but “they didn’t work”.

link; Kimberly Bookman (@KimberlyBookman) | Twitter

 

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Kimberly Bookman
‏Verified account @KimberlyBookman
12m12 minutes ago

Now defense attorney Steve Sack is cross examining Meade. Sack asks what Meade saw before entering penthouse A. Meade says he saw a trail of blood, a bag and knife on the ground.

Sack asked if Meade saw shell casings when he got off the elevator to the top floor. Meade says “yes”.

Bampumim Teixeira listening to testimony holding a pen with both hands.

Sack asks if Meade knew other officers had been in there before SWAT. He answers “not at that time”.

Sack says there were 2 investigations going on. 1) a police involved shooting & 2) homicide investigation. Meade steps down from stand.

Now Sgt. Scott Mackie of the @bostonpolice is called to testify. At time of the murders, he worked for the #SecretService as a detective for the forensic group.

Mackie is certified on software and tools used to examine cell phone calls and texts.

In that role, Mackie conducted physical exams and extracted info from cell phones.

On night of murders, Mackie responded as a member of the firearms discharge team. He says he was ordered to pick up a cellphone from a witness and process the phone back at the federal building's lab.

 

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Kimberly Bookman
‏Verified account @KimberlyBookman
13m13 minutes ago

Mackie is shown a photograph of the phone’s screen because he could not download info from phone. Mackie then returned to the scene to download video from the building itself.

Mackie says it took 3 days to download a weeks worth of video from the building.

Mackie says in April of the same year he was given 2 cellphones to examine. He says the phones are barcoded, given a case number so they could be tracked when processed.

2 Phones are entered as exhibits. Mackie explains he tried to download instant messages, texts and phone logs in 2017 but could not because the phones were password protected. Technology improved over time and in 2019, Mackie was able to download info off both phones.

Mackie says info from each phone was several hundred pages long.

Teixeira appears to be taking notes during Mackie’s testimony.

One of the phones examined belonged to Dr. Richard Field.

Instant message sent from Dr. Field to Dr. Lina Bolanos at 5:47 pm on May 5, 2017 reads “traffic is horrible”. Mackie says it was never read by Bolanos.

 

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Thanks so much for the tweets Niner. What a horrible sad case.

 

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Kimberly Bookman
‏Verified account @KimberlyBookman
4m4 minutes ago

Message sent from Amanda Gibbs (Lina’s godmother) at 6:09pm to Bolanos and others read “happy cinco de Mayo”. Mackie says Bolanos’ phone marked message “unread”

Mackie says at 6:31pm Field called Bolanos. The call was not picked up.

Mackie says last activity on Bolanos’ phone was at 4:41pm on May 5, 2017. There was a google search for Moroccan pizza.

Mackie says between 7:05pm - 7:45pm on May 5, 2017 ... Dr. Fields phone log shows 8 calls to 911 that lasted zero to 2 seconds.

Mackie says Dr. Fields phone also shows 911 call backs that lasted zero seconds and texts to Matthias Heidenreich at 7:47 pm.

Defense attorney is now cross examining Mackie. He asks if the company the building used for surveillance video is used often. Mackie answers “not much anymore”. Sack asks “is that because there were problems with it?” Mackie responded “I think technology has evolved.”

Teixeira is taking pages of notes.

 

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Thanks so much for the tweets Niner. What a horrible sad case.

No problem! Following the case so thought I'd do the tweets!

 

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Kimberly Bookman
‏Verified account @KimberlyBookman
6m6 minutes ago

Sack has Mackie read a message from Matthias Heidenreich to Richard Feild asking if he had “smoke to share”.

Defense is done questioning. Prosecutor redirects. Asks if Field ever answers Heidenreich’s message. Mackie says “no”.

After a brief break, Lt. Det. Daniel Duff is taking the stand. He works in the homicide unit of the @bostonpolice

On May 5, 2017 Duff says he got notification 2 people in an apartment were “not viable”. He responded to the scene. He says he also knew there was an officer involved shooting.

At scene, Duff says he learned two victims were bound and an individual was shot by responding officers and was taken to a hospital.

 

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Tweets are coming in kind of slowly - so will post what I have for now.

Kimberly Bookman
‏Verified account @KimberlyBookman
9m9 minutes ago

Duff says they marked evidence with markers, took video and pictures of the scene.

Duff describes seeing shell casings, boots, baseball hat, black bag, yellow shirt and a tube of body cream

Video being shown to jury of the crime scene. It’s silent in the courtroom.

Prosecutor shows a photo of hallway with evidence markers. He asked what they were marking. Duff says “shell casings”

Pappas enters into evidence the shell casings. Duff identifies them as the ones taken from the scene that night.

 

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Kimberly Bookman
‏Verified account @KimberlyBookman
7m

Pappas is going through evidence - showing Duff bags and asking he confirm their contents. He is now showing a knife that was bagged.

Inside a black bag found on the scene, Duff says they found a mask, a folding knife, duct tape with hair on it and a roll of duct tape.

Duff confirms another piece of evidence is a BB gun. He says that was found inside the black bag on scene as well.

Prosecutor shows folding knife to Duff. He says that was in the bag, in an open position with reddish brown stains on it.

Duff says wire cutters were also found in the bag. He says a yellow shirt was nearby with reddish brown stains.

Both items are shown to jury. Teixeira looks at each item and takes written notes.

Duff says they never processed the stairway or utility room next to the penthouse.

Last thing Duff says on the stand is that both victims were found with handcuffs on their wrists. Court is adjourned until Monday at 9am. I’ll have a full wrap up of the day on #7news this evening.


link: Kimberly Bookman (@KimberlyBookman) | Twitter

 

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Ex-concierge of doctors Linda Bolaños, Richard Field on trial for their murders

https://nypost.com/2019/11/27/ex-co...nos-richard-field-on-trial-for-their-murders/

Chilling messages of revenge were scrawled on the walls of a posh South Boston penthouse, where the building’s former concierge is accused of murdering two engaged doctors, a police officer testified Wednesday.