BOSTON, April 27, 2012—The Suffolk County Grand Jury today returned indictments charging a fugitive murder suspect with the shooting deaths of two sisters in Dorchester last year, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.
The indictments charge JEAN WEEVINS JANVIER (D.O.B. 11/15/81), formerly of Dorchester, with two counts of first-degree murder for the Nov. 14, 2011, homicides of Judith Emile, 23, and her sister, Stephanie Emile, 21, inside their Harlem Street apartment, and unlawful possession of the firearm with which they were killed.
Janvier had previously been in a romantic relationship with Stephanie Emile, prosecutors said.
“We believe this defendant fled the charges and the country in the aftermath of Judith’s and Stephanie’s murders,” Conley said. “We’re currently working with Boston Police, the US Marshal’s Service, and other law enforcement agencies to apprehend him and return him to face justice in a Suffolk County courtroom.”
Conley urged victims of any crime, including intimate partner violence, to call 911 in an emergency. SafeLink, a statewide domestic violence hotline, can be reached at 877-785-2020. SafeLink is answered by trained advocates 24 hours a day in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, as well as TTY at 877-521-2601. It also has the capacity to provide multilingual translation in more than 140 languages.
Boston Police responded to the victims’ residence at 50 Harlem St. at about 9:15 on the morning of the incident to find them suffering from fatal gunshot injuries. After conducting extensive interviews, examining forensic evidence, and reviewing additional information developed in the course of the investigation, investigators obtained a warrant for Janvier’s arrest on Jan. 25. That investigation continued on the street and behind the closed doors of the Suffolk County Grand Jury, leading to today’s indictments.
When Janvier is apprehended, prosecutors will seek to rendite him to Massachusetts for arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court.
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All defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
