Alleged kidnapper Stewart Weldon [photo], was arrested Sunday after a car chase that ended when he crashed into a police cruiser and wrestled with officers
Stewart Weldon, was arrested Sunday after a car chase that ended when he crashed into a police cruiser and wrestled with officers
Three dead bodies have been found at the home of a man charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting and torturing a woman, a prosecutor said on Thursday.
Two bodies were found ‘in and around’ the Springfield home after police responded to the house on Wednesday night, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said.
Late Thursday, Gulluni confirmed a third body had been found on the property, MassLive.com reported.
Stewart Weldon, who was arrested Sunday after a car chase that ended when he crashed into a police cruiser and wrestled with officers, ‘does, we believe, live at this address,’ Gulluni said.
A woman in Weldon’s car said he held her captive for a month, sexually assaulted her and beat her with a hammer and other objects, police said.
‘Thank you for saving my life,’ the woman told officers, according to a police report.
‘I never thought I would get away.’
When he was arrested Weldon had an extensive criminal record and three open cases. The Queens, NY born suspect was previously jailed in New Jersey for burglary and given probation for unlawful possession of a weapon. Now three dead bodies have been found at his home in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Three dead bodies have been found at this home in Springfield, Massachusetts. The home is occupied by of Stewart Weldon. His mother is the home owner of record
Three dead bodies have been found at his home in Springfield, Massachusetts. Weldon has been charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting and torturing a woman, a prosecutor said on Thursday.
The Boston Globe reports Weldon’s neighbors saying he had lived at the house with a young woman and a teenager. They would often overhear loud, angry rows coming from the home.
One neighbor who is a high school teacher, told the newspaper that the young woman ‘didn’t look much older than my students.’ Stephan Davis told the paper that he’d never heard the woman speak but would see her scurrying from the car to the house.
One body was discovered in the basement another was discovered in the garage of the home
Weldon is being held on kidnapping, sexual assault and other charges including resisting arrest; driving with a revoked license; and failing to stop for police.
He has not yet been charged in connection with the bodies found at his home, but authorities are continuing to search the home for other potential victims.
Weldon pled not guilty to a variety of charges on Tuesday and was held on $1million bail.
After the arrest on Sunday, the woman was taken to a hospital with what police called ‘grotesque and violent’ injuries, including a possible fractured jaw, stab wounds to her abdomen, marks from being hit with a blunt object and a leg infection.
By Thursday, a third body was also discovered in and around the home
The woman was taken to a hospital with what police called ‘grotesque and violent’ injuries, including a possible fractured jaw, stab wounds to her abdomen, marks from being hit with a blunt object and a leg infection.
She was still in the hospital on Thursday, Gulluni said.
Weldon years old, pled not guilty to a variety of charges on Tuesday and was held on $1million bail.
However, his bail in several unrelated cases was revoked. Weldon had not been charged in connection with the discovery of the bodies.
DA Gulluni did not disclose the names, ages or genders of the bodies.
Stewart Weldon had not been charged in connection with the discovery of the bodies, just as cops [photo], continue to search for more potential victims
After she was rescued on Sunday, the woman in Weldon’s car was found with severe injuries and told police she’s been kidnapped and abused by Weldon for a month.
‘I never thought I would get away’, she told officers, according to a police report. ‘Thank you for saving my life.’
The woman told cops he held her captive for a month, sexually assaulted her and beat her with a hammer and other objects, police said.
Weldon, who was arrested Sunday after a car chase that was described by the prosecutor as a ‘dangerous pursuit’.
The car chase ended only after he crashed into a police cruiser. Still the suspect wrestled with officers. ‘He put forward a very violent struggle before his arrest,’ Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said.
Police had tried to stop his car when they noticed a broken tail-light but he sped off.
When they finally caught up with him they found the woman in the vehicle.
A police report said she was ‘extremely distraught … and crying uncontrollably’.
She was taken to a hospital and police said her injuries were ‘grotesque and violent’, including a possible fractured jaw, stab wounds to her abdomen, marks from being hit with a blunt object and a leg infection.
She was still in the hospital on Thursday, Gulluni said.
Weldon, pled not guilty to a variety of charges on Tuesday and was held on $1million bail.
His bail in several unrelated cases was revoked.
Weldon had not been charged in connection with the discovery of the bodies.
Gulluni did not disclose the names, ages or genders of the bodies.
The home in Springfield, Mass., where three bodies were found
Property records show that the home is listed under suspect’s mother’s name and the DA implied other people were also living in the residence but did not give further details.
Police visited Weldon’s home Wednesday evening after his mother called to report a foul odor at the address.
A police report shows that Weldon was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
The public defender who represented Weldon at his arraignment did not immediately return a message seeking comment on Thursday.
Weldon is due back in court for a pretrial hearing on June 29.
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