CULLMAN COUNTY, Ala. — More than 30 years after an 11-year-old girl was stabbed to death in Massachusetts, a suspect has been arrested for her murder, officials said.
On Sept. 12, 1988, Melissa Tremblay, a sixth grader from Salem, New Hampshire, was found dead at the Boston & Maine railway yard in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said at a news conference Wednesday.
She was stabbed to death and her body was run over by a train car after her death, amputating her left leg, Blodgett said. On Tuesday night, 74-year-old Marvin McClendon Jr. of Alabama -- a former Massachusetts corrections officer -- was arrested for her murder, Blodgett said.While her mother was at the LaSalle Social Club in Lawrence on Sept. 11, Melissa went to play in nearby neighborhoods and then disappeared, officials said.McClendon lived in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, in 1988 and had multiple ties to Lawrence, Blodgett said.
"He's been a person of interest for a period of time," Blodgett said, adding,"We believe we have the right person."McClendon is in the custody of the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office and will be arraigned in Alabama on Thursday, Blodgett said.Listen
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