Crime & Safety

New Details in How Waltham Murder Victim Died

Jared Remy is facing charges for murdering Jennifer Martel.

The death certificate for Jennifer Martel reveals new details on how she died.

Martel, 27, died Aug. 15 when her boyfriend, Jared Remy, allegedly stabbed her death in their Waltham apartment. He is facing murder charges in her death.

The death certificate shows it took about 12 minutes for her to die after sustaining her first injury at 8:48 p.m. She was pronounced dead at 9 p.m. The document also indicates she sustained “sharp wounds of head, neck, torso, and upper extremities,” by stabbing. 

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Martel was buried Aug. 23 at Mayflower Hill Cemetery in Taunton, according to the certificate. She would have turned 28 on Sept. 19.

 

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