BOSTON, May 10, 2018—A Boston man was ordered held without bail at his arraignment today in the South End stabbing that claimed the life of 50-year-old Edward Sanchez on Tuesday, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.
JEREMY CORREA, 31, was arraigned today in Roxbury Municipal Court on a charge of murder. At the request of Assistant District Attorney Tara Burdman of the DA’s Homicide Unit, Judge David Weingarten ordered Correa held without bail. He was additionally held on a probation violation stemming from an earlier unrelated conviction.
Burdman told the court that a security camera captured a man later identified as Correa approach Sanchez in the area of Southampton and Atkinson streets and have a brief conversation. As Sanchez begins to walk away, Correa can be seen moving to strike Sanchez in the leg.
The victim attempted to run but fell against a parked car, then continued to run across the street until he collapsed. He was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.
Security cameras captured Correa’s movements as he walked from Southampton Street and onto Topeka Street, then a short time later as he ran past the area of the stabbing and toward Massachusetts Avenue, prosecutors said.
Correa was identified by a Boston Police Cadet who viewed images of the assailant distributed within the department, by witnesses to the stabbing, and by a staff member at a homeless shelter who was familiar with Correa.
Officers located Correa in the area of East Lenox Street and Harrison Avenue yesterday morning; at the time, he was wearing clothing consistent with that worn at the time of the attack. Following his arrest, a large knife with reddish-brown stains on the blade was located on the sidewalk near where he had been sitting, prosecutors said.
Anite Cetoute is the DA’s assigned victim-witness advocate. Correa is represented by Michael Phelan. He returns to court June 25.
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