[MA/OR] Man Confesses to 1979 Boston Murder

[Keane]

An Oregon man has confessed to the 1979 murder of Susan Marcia Rose in the Back Bay of Boston.

DA: Oregon man confesses to ‘brutal, ice-blooded’ 1979 murder in Boston

Susan Marcia Rose, 24, was found murdered in a Back Bay apartment building nearly 44 years ago. An Oregon man is now charged in her death.

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[MadMcGoo]

Oregon man confesses to killing woman in Boston's Back Bay in 1979, prosecutors say

An Oregon man is being charged with the 1979 murder of a woman in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, after last month telling federal authorities he fatally struck the woman in the head with a hammer and raped her, according to Massachusetts prosecutors. John Michael Irmer, 68, was held...

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[BBM]During Monday's arraignment, Assistant District Attorney John Verner said that Irmer also confessed to a murder in a southern state, and served 30 years in California for another murder.

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[Keane]

I thought this was interesting:

“Irmer stated that when he was released from prison in 2012, he was surprised that the Boston police weren’t waiting for him because he knew that his DNA was taken and submitted to CODIS [the nationwide DNA system for cold cases] while in prison,” the report said.

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Oregon man walks into FBI office, confesses to killing woman in Back Bay in 1979, prosecutors say - The Boston Globe

John Michael Irmer was arrested after the stunning confession and on Monday appeared in a Boston courtroom on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated rape. He pleaded not guilty.

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