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To The South Of Boston, A Trial For Rape May Be The Accused?s Least Concern Given DNA match To Prostitute's Murder

By Altman & Altman

In Worcester Superior Court, testimony is scheduled to begin today in the trial of a Berlin man charged with raping and trying to suffocate a woman last year in a West Boylston motel. The defendant, Alex F. Scesny, 38, has also been identified by law enforcement as a ?person of interest? in the unsolved slayings of several area prostitutes. Today he is facing trial on charges of rape, assault with intent to murder, assault and battery, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (to wit: a pillow) allegedly occurring on March 17, 2007. In April, District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. labeled Mr. Scesny a ?person of interest? in the 1996 strangulation death of 39-year-old Theresa K. Stone in Fitchburg. Cold case investigators turned their attention to Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on September 16, 2008 (boomark / email).