Episode 44: Follow Up on the Unsolved Murder of Karen Marchioni

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Back in November of 2019 in episode 32, we covered 3 unsolved murder cases around the New England area and the 2nd one we discussed was the case of Karen Marchioni.

Episode 44 Karen Marchioni’s Unsolved Murder

We will be doing a follow up on an unsolved murder case that we covered back in episode 32. In it, we talked about 3 cold murder cases, from around the New England area. In episode 32, Karen Marchioni’s case was the 2nd one that we talked about. Since we recorded that episode, I’ve looked a little deeper into it and found some more information than I was able to give in that episode, so for this episode we’ll cover the case and what happened, and also the new information that we read.

Karen Marchioni's Case

l October 8th, 2001. 2 days after her 41st birthday, Karen Marchioni is attacked in her Framingham, MA home, she is able to lock herself into the bathroom and is able+ to call 911 and alert them to her situation.

l When the police arrived at her apartment, they found her lying on the ground with many stab wounds to her neck and face.

n She was rushed to the nearest hospital but was announced dead before she was able to give the police any information about her killer, or killers.

l At the time of her death, Karen was on her 2nd marriage.

l Her First husband, Steven Case said he had talked to Karen the day before her death and said she told him that she was scared.

He said she looked nervous but wouldn't tell him exactly why.

l It’s said that her upstairs neighbor had spotted 3 men in their backyard the night before her murder.

Apparently, her 2nd husband wasn’t the nicest guy. At the time of her murder, Steve Henderson was in prison for assaulting and violating a restraining order. He had a history with substance abuse problems.

l Steve died in 2018 in a rehab facility.

As of 2016, the Middlesex District Attorney said they were still investigating the cold case…

l In a Statement to Fox25, they said "After 15 years, our office remains committed to solving the murder of Karen Marchioni Henderson and to bringing closure to the victim s family and loved ones. While we have made progress, this remains an open investigation,” At least 1 person of interest was made for the case, but no arrests were made as result.

I've only found 1 other name of interest, a man named Arron Sutton, in a 2005 Boston Herald article by Norman Miller, he says that he wasn't charged with the murder, but the police say he was a suspect but, would not give any more details.

In that article, it says quote, “ A homeless man wanted for kidnapping and trying to kill his girlfriend last week is now the prime suspect in a grisly 2001 murder, Framingham police said.” obviously, nothing has come of that since.

l After looking a little deeper into Arron Sutton, I saw he has been arrested in 2011 for having a fugitive warrant on him.

l In 2013, he was arrested for 2 counts of assault and battery and shoplifting over the amount of $100

u In 2016, he was arrested on 2 counts of distributing heroin.

l In 2017 he was arrested on a warrant

l In 2018 he was arrested for outside warrants.

Each time he's been arrested it's listed that he is homeless.

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