The Boston Herald made “Camelot’’ comparisons, alluding to New England’s strongest familial imagery to venerate the young couple’s life. First responders who worked to save his life praised his concern for his wife’s well-being.Ī Boston Globe editorial hailed his “gallant calls for help’’ the night of the shooting.
DRAGNET EPISODES FROM 50S LOST TO TIME CRACKED
While the police cracked down in the neighborhoods and politicians vowed to bring vengeance back to the justice system, the veneration of Charles Stuart continued unabated. The only question now is what is the body count.” (Boston Herald, October 25, 1989) “The situation is reminiscent of the Vietnam War. Lawmakers wasted no time demanding Massachusetts reinstate the death penalty.īoston City Councilor Bruce Bolling described a city under siege: “Investigators say they are convinced that the gunman either lives in or routinely commits crime around the Mission Hill housing project….Some police sources believe the assailant probably has committed several similar robberies by jumping into stopped cars at intersections.’’ (Boston Globe, Oct. Two days after the murder, investigators were building a profile of the man they thought was responsible. We will use every lawful tool to support our police officers in cracking down on gun-wielding criminals.’’ (Boston Mayor Ray Flynn, October 24, 1989) “I demand that the Boston Police Department continue to be extremely aggressive in cracking down on people who are using guns to kill innocent people … It’s intolerable. Mayor Flynn vowed to find the shooter, and ordered Boston Police Commissioner Francis Roache to send every available officer into Mission Hill. The shock of the killing led to an immediate, furious reaction in and around Boston. On November 9, Christopher Stuart, the baby delivered by Caesarean section after his mother was shot in the head, died of respiratory failure. Your husband, Chuck.’’ (Written by Charles Stuart, emphasis added) I will never again know the feeling of your hand in mine, but I will always feel you. You have brought joy and kindness to every life you’ve touched. “My life will be more empty without you, as will the lives of your family and friends. In our souls, we must forgive this sinner because He would too. “He said that for us to truly believe, we must know that His will was done and that there was some right in this meanest of acts. Not to take you away from me or the happiness and gladness you brought me, but to bring you away from the cruelty and the violence that fills this world. Charles was still struggling to survive at Boston City Hospital, but a eulogy he wrote was read aloud during Carol’s service. More than 800 people, including Boston Mayor Ray Flynn, Governor Michael Dukakis, and Cardinal Bernard Law, attended her funeral. On October 28, Carol was buried in Medford. on October 24, 1989, Carol died at the same hospital where she had taken the birthing class just hours earlier.
Doctors delivered her son, Christopher, two months early.Īt 3 a.m. (Excerpt from transcript of Charles Stuart’s 911 call)Ĭharles was taken to Boston City Hospital, where a surgical team worked for six hours to save his life.Ĭarol was rushed back to Brigham & Women’s. It hurts, and my wife has stopped gurgling, she’s stopped breathing.” “Just tell me what the, what the street is, Chuck.” I can’t reach forward, it’s too painful.” Just try to give me any indication of where you might be, hospitals, if you see a building.” Officers found Charles and Carol’s blood-soaked car near the intersection of St. For 13 excruciating minutes, Massachusetts State Police dispatcher Gary McLaughlin pleaded with Stuart, asking for a cross street or reference point as cruisers scrambled to find the couple’s lost Toyota Cressida in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood.
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