Overview
- Authorities found 49-year-old Andria Hanafin shot to death inside her Center Avenue home and pronounced dead at the scene after family members discovered her on Oct. 8.
- Hours after the body was found, police located and arrested her 22-year-old son, Ryan Hanafin, on an access road in Vermont and he remains in custody awaiting transfer for arraignment.
- This week prosecutors filed a first-degree murder charge plus counts for assault with a deadly weapon, receiving an untraceable firearm, and multiple improper-storage weapons offenses.
- Investigators say they recovered 19 guns from the suspect’s bedroom, including 10 reportedly registered to him, about 15 unsecured weapons, a 3D printer, and one firearm without a serial number that showed signs of 3D printing.
- The Massachusetts SPCA has taken custody of 84 cats from the house, is seeking foster and adoption help because shelter capacity is strained, and the town held a large candlelight vigil to remember the victim.