Overview
- In Suffolk Superior Court on Nov. 5, the 65-year-old admitted killing Boston Housing Authority supervisor William Villani in 1993 and shooting Brian Watson in 1984.
- The judge imposed concurrent 15-year sentences with credit for roughly three years already served, according to court records.
- New Hampshire’s attorney general said the Watson case is now closed and praised investigators for their persistence.
- A covert 2020 recording captured Lewis admitting to both killings, and a judge later denied a defense motion to suppress the tape.
- Prosecutors say Watson’s slaying stemmed from a drug dispute linked to the Whitey Bulger era, as relatives delivered emotional victim-impact statements in court.