DA: Medical Examiner Rules on Cause of Wayland Teen's Death
Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone cautions against 'teen dating violence' in news conference.
Eighteen-year-old Lauren Astley’s death resulted from a combination of strangulation by ligature and an incise wound to the neck by a sharp object, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said during a Tuesday afternoon news conference. Astley’s body was discovered the morning of July 4 in a marshy area of Wayland near the Sudbury line. A passing bicyclist reported seeing the body, and by Monday night, the victim had been identified as Astley, a recent Wayland High School graduate who had been reported missing Sunday evening. Early Tuesday morning, police arrested Astley’s ex-boyfriend and Wayland High School classmate Nathaniel Fujita, 18, at his aunt's home in Framingham. At an arraignment Tuesday morning, a not-guilty plea was entered …
Heidi Zizza
8:39 pm on Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Horribly sad more ›