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Worcester Jury Convicts Joshua Hubert in 2017 Kidnapping and Attempted Murder of 7-Year-Old

The jury rejected the rape counts, a decision influenced by disputed DNA evidence discussed at trial.

Overview

  • Jurors found Hubert guilty of two counts of attempted murder, strangulation or suffocation, and kidnapping a child under 16.
  • He was acquitted of aggravated rape of a child and rape of a child aggravated by age, according to court records.
  • The girl, now 15, testified that he strangled her, put a bag over her head, and threw her from the I-290 bridge into Lake Quinsigamond; she swam to shore and sought help.
  • Prosecutors said Hubert was a family acquaintance who attended a cookout before taking the child from her grandparents’ Worcester home in the early hours of Aug. 27, 2017.
  • Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 3 in Worcester Superior Court, prosecutors said.