Massachusetts Serial Killer Identified After Years of Mystery | Crime Alert 8AM 11.21.25

Four murders. Four victims. Police say there are more. One man at the center of it all.

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Crime Alaric hourly update Breaking crime news. Now I'm Nicole
Parton for murders, four victims, one man at the center
of it all. Authorities in Massachusetts are calling a Lowell
man a serial killer after new murder charges were filed
against him. Thirty eight year old Kevin Leno is already
serving time for two killings, the twenty twelve murder of

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Norman Verrier in Boston and the twenty fourteen murder of
Jack Gilbert Barry and Missoula, Montana. Both victims were experiencing
homelessness at the time of their debts. Now, prosecutors say
Leno is linked to two more debts, also involving homeless
men in Massachusetts. Middlesex District Attorney Marion Ryan told Boston

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twenty five News mister Leno is a serial killer. She
points out that the Department of Justice defies a serial
killer as someone who has taken the lives of at
least two people in separate incidents. The new allegations day
back more than a decade. Prosecutors say Leno beat Gary Mellison,
fifty four, to death with a metal baseball bat at

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a Lowell homeless encountment in twenty ten after an argument
over a campfire. Six years later, investigators tied Leno to
the death of Douglas Clark, thirty in Cambridge. Clark's death
was first thought to be an overdose, but authorities now
believe Leno gave him a fatal dose of Heirwin, a
so called hot shot. Officials say they believe there are

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many more victims. Meanwhile, investigator's stress that Leno is not
connected to the recent string of suspicious deaths across New
England that sparked rumors of yet another serial killer earlier
this year. More crime and justice news after this and

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now to Texas, where shocking new details are emerging in
the case that's shaken the mill Terry community. Army Major
Blaine McGraw and obgyn, formerly assigned to Ford Hood's Carl
Darnell Medical Center, now faces a civil lawsuit accusing him
of sexually exploiting women under the guise of medical care

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and secretly recording patients during intimate exams. Victims say their
lives changed the day Army Criminal Investigation Division called them in.
One woman had this to say, he.

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Kicked my husband out repeatedly after I told my husband
about the first incident, my husband would continue to try
and go in there and be with me, and every
single time he would tell my husband he was not
allowed in there for the physical exam. I was never
offered to chaperone, so it was just always me and him.

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At that, she says. Investigators told her that McGraw had
allegedly recorded her during a pelvic and breast exam without
her consent. She said she felt uneasy and had already
told her husband. Other women described similar experiences, invasive exams,
no chaperone, late night calls, and behavior they recognized as predatory.

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One said McGraw repeatedly kicked her husband out of the room.
According to the lawsuit filed in Bell County, Army, investigators
recovered thousands of photos and videos from McGraw's devices, spending
multiple years and more than one Army hospital. The complaint
alleges unnecessary exams, sexual comments, and ignored prior complaints in

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both Fort Hood and Triple Army Medical Center in Hawaii.
Nonprofits like Shield of Sisters are stepping in to help victims.
Founder Shannon, who calls the stories absolutely horrific. These women
feel betrayed by the very system meant to protect him.
Army officials say McGraw was immediately suspended once allegation surfaced.

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About fourteen hundred potential patients have been notified and hotline
are open for anyone with concerns. McGraw's attorneys say he's
cooperating fully and urges the public to wait until the
investigation is concluded. And In Iowa, the Marshall Town Police
Department is seeking information on the whereabouts of a missing girl,

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Evelyn Garcia. She was reported missing on November eighteen. Garcia
is described as being five foot tall, ninety pounds, brown eyes,
brown hair. Garcia was last known to be wearing a
True Religion brand black hooded sweatshirt, black jeans with rips
in them, and carrying a black jan Sport backpack that
was brown colored on the bottom. If you have any

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information on possible sightings of Garcia, contact the Marshall County
Communications Center at six four one seven five four five
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this crime Alert. I'm Nicole Parton