Parking Ticket Gives More Insight Into Watertown Shootout

Police found an old ticket issued to a car registered to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for parking in the area where the shootout occured.

A parking ticket issued during a snow emergency provides more evidence that the Boston Marathon Bombing suspects had visited the Watertown neighborhood where they got into a shootout with Watertown Police, and where one met his end. The parking ticket was issued to a silver Honda registered to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, according to a report by ABC News. It was issued on Feb. 18, 2011, for parking on Boyston Street during a snow emergency. State and federal authorities are investigatign the possible role Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan played in the 2011 murders of three people in a Waltham home. Tamerlan was killed during the April 19 shootout with police in Watertown. The Tsarnaev brothers had a friend, …

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Bombing Suspect Left Note in Boat, Claims Bombings Were Retribution for Afghanistan, Iraq

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote a note on the boat in Watertown where police found him hiding.

Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a goodbye note claiming that the bombings were retribution for the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and said he and his brother were martyrs. The news comes as state and federal authorities are investigating the possible connection Dzhokar and his brother, Tamerlan have to the murder of three men in a Waltham in 2011. Tsarnaev scrawled the note on the inside of the boat where police found and arrested him, according to a report on CBS News Thursday morning.  According the CBS report, the note stated: Bullets pierced the wall of the boat where the note was found. The shots were fired after a police officer covering the side of the boat spotted Tsarnaev come up out of the tarp and …

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Frosty the Snowman

12:44 am on Monday, May 20, 2013

The boat owner was interviewed, he was not worried about his boat, said he had a canoe he could take out.   more ›

Bombing Suspect Used to Frequent the Watertown Neighborhood Where He Battled Police, Died

Tamerlan Tsarnaev used to visit East Watertown often to hang out with a friend who lives blocks from the spot where the bombing suspect got into a shootout with police.

The East Watertown neighborhood where Tamerlan Tsarnaev battled police - and where he died - was familiar ground for the Boston Marathon Bombing suspect. The route Tsarnaev took during his car ride on the night of the Watertown shootout that left him dead took him within a "stone's throw" of the home where his friend, Brendan Mess, was found murdered on Sept. 12, 2011, according to the Boston Globe. Mess, and two other men were found killed in the home, their throats slashed and bodies covered in marijuana.  State and federal authorities are investigating the possible role Tsarnaev played in the murders. Authorities reportedly have "mounting evidence" that Tsarnaev and his brother, Dzhokar killed the three men.  TAMERLAN'S WATERTOWN ROOTS …

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Boston Marathon Bombing - Waltham Triple Murder Link: a Look at the Latest

Waltham Patch editor Ryan Grannan-Doll appeared on Huffington Post Live Friday to talk about the latest reports of evidence that may connect the Tsarnaevs to the 2011 murders.

On Friday, May 11, Waltham Patch editor Ryan Grannan-Doll appeared on Huffington Post Live to discuss the possible link between accused Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhorkar Tsarnaev and the murder of three men in a Waltham home in 2011.  Check out the video of Grannan-Doll's appearance.

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Ryan Grannan-Doll

9:34 pm on Monday, May 13, 2013

@NWBL, Thank you!   more ›

Evidence Points to Boston Marathon Bombers' Connection to Waltham Murders

Investigators are looking into the possible involvement of the accused Boston Marathon bombers in the 2011 triple homicide in Waltham.

Evidence Points to Boston Marathon Bombers' Connection to Waltham Murders

Investigators are looking into the possible involvement of the accused Boston Marathon bombers in the 2011 triple homicide in Waltham.

  Authorities have amassed evidence indicating accused Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokar Tsarnaev possibly killed three men in a Waltham home in 2011, according to ABC News. Investigators have "mounting evidence" including forensics pointing toward the Tsarnaev brothers," says ABC.  Tamerlan was killed in an April 19 shootout with police in Watertown and Dzhorkar was later captured hiding in a boat in Watertown.  After the April 15 bombings, federal and state authorities began investigating the brothers' possible link to the murders after learning Tamerlan was a close friend of one of the victims, Brendan Mess. Mess, along with his two friends, Erik Weissman and Raphael Teken, were found murdered in a Harding Avenue home in …

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Feds Join Investigation Into Bombing-Murder Cases

New details have emerged on a possible link between the Boston Marathon bombing and triple homicide case in Waltham.

More than a year after the murders, additional details have emerged about a possible connection between accused Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his friend who was found killed in a Waltham home in 2011, according to ABC News and the Boston Globe. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have joined the investigation with local authorities to determine whether there is a link between Tsarnaev and Brendan Mess. Mess, and two of his friends, Erik Weissman and Raphael Teken, were found murdered in a Harding Avenue home on Sept. 12, 2011. Authorities said the murders were likely not a random act, but no suspect or arrest was ever made. The case remains unsolved. Tsarnaev, who was friends with Mess, was killed on April 19 after a …

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S mahoney

8:03 am on Sunday, May 5, 2013

It really is the same area. Just my opinion- too close for comfort. Soooo scary that this was happening all around us!!   more ›

Candlelight Vigil Held for Waltham Triple Murder Victims

Relatives hope to keep the unsolved case in the public eye.

A year after the triple murder on Harding Avenue in Waltham, family and friends of the victims are pushing to keep the case in the public eye and keep the memory of their loved ones alive. About 20 people gathered for a candlelight vigil Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 9 p.m., across the street form the Waltham Police Department, which has been investigating the case. In hushed tones, family and friends recalled their memories of Brendan Mess, Erik Weissman and Raphael Teken, whose bodies were discovered on Sept. 12, 2011, in Mess’s apartment at 12 Harding Ave. Authorities ruled the deaths as homicide, but never named suspects or made arrests in the case. The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office recently told Waltham Patch it is still …

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