Mathew Borges accused of decapitating and dismembering classmate ‘told his friend after the murder’
16-year old charged with gruesome murder of missing teen
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15-YEAR-OLD boy who is accused of murdering his classmate allegedly
told a witness he had “done something bad” and that he had “stabbed a
kid and cut his head off.”
Mathew Borges pleaded
not guilty in Lawrence District Court in Massachusetts on Monday after
being charged over the death of 16-year-old Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino, reports the Daily Mail.The teenager is accused of stabbing Viloria-Paulino on November 18 before decapitating and mutilating his body, according to a police report filed in court.
Viloria-Paulino’s body was found near the Merrimack River in Lawrence on Thursday by a woman walking her dog.
Mathew
Borges was held without bail after pleading not guilty at the brief
arraignment on Monday on a first-degree murder charge. Picture: AP.Source:AP
Borges told police that he and Viloria-Paulino had gone to the river on November to smoke marijuana and they later parted ways. He said he last saw the victim alive.
But the police report also said Borges told a witness he had “done something bad” and that he had “stabbed a kid and cut his head off killing him” before he was arrested on Saturday.
Police said the motive for the killing is unclear and remains under investigation.
Evidence was recovered at Borges’ home, according to police.
Lee
Manuel Viloria-Paulino, 16, went missing after befriending Mathew
Borges and his body was found last Friday. Picture: Supplied.Source:Supplied
‘This was a horrific, horrific murder,’ Blodgett said.
Borges is being prosecuted as an adult and was denied bail during his first court appearance on Monday.
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