The Murders of Boston’s Combat Zone (Massachusetts)

Judy Belfrey. Kathy Williams. Holly Davidson. Melodie Stankiewicz. Four young women whose lives crossed the same few blocks of Boston in the 1970s, and whose deaths left investigators with a pattern they could see but never fully explain.

The cases unfolded in different places and under different circumstances, but there was enough overlap to consider a connection. Again and again, investigators were drawn back to Boston’s Combat Zone. The question then – and now – is what that shared geography means. Was one killer returning to the same hunting ground, or were multiple dangerous men taking advantage of a neighborhood where it was easy to disappear?

If you have information about Judy Belfrey’s murder, contact the Boston Police Homicide Unit at 617-343-4470.

For information about Kathy Williams or Holly Davidson, contact the Massachusetts State Police Unresolved Case Unit at 1-855-MA-SOLVE, or 1-855-627-6583.

If you have information about Melodie Stankiewicz, contact the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit at 603-271-2663.

Mentioned in this Episode: Crime Junkie – MURDERED: Joan Webster & Marie Iannuzzi

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