Mistrial Declared in 1988 Murder Case of 11-Year-Old Girl

Jury Deadlocks in Trial of Marvin McClendon Jr., Accused in Decades-Old Slaying

Marvin McClendon Jr., a 76-year-old former corrections officer, was on trial for the 1988 murder of 11-year-old Melissa Tremblay.
The trial ended in a mistrial due to a deadlocked jury, with no new trial date set yet.
McClendon was arrested last year after DNA evidence linked him to the crime scene.
Tremblay was found stabbed to death and run over by a train in a Lawrence, Massachusetts trainyard.
McClendon maintains his innocence and his lawyer looks forward to retrying the case.