Ralph Cirvinale is shot and killed outside a Roslindale tavern.

After witnessing Cirvinale’s murder, two 18-year-old women from Jamaica Plain are also killed, and their bodies taken to Northampton and buried. Thomas Sperrazza is later convicted of the crimes. Myles Connor, who had led police to the bodies in 1977, is also convicted of the murders in 1981. After the verdict is overturned, Connors is retried for the crime, but the night before the jury acquits him, Connors jumps bail and flees. (?)