The Murder of Deanna Cremin (Massachusetts)

It should have been a routine school night in Somerville, Massachusetts for 17-year old Deanna Cremin. Homework, TV, and a walk home with her boyfriend before curfew. But by morning, Deanna was gone. Her body was discovered just a few hundred feet from where she was last seen. The community was stunned: who could do this, and why?

For three decades, Deanna’s friends and family have waited for answers, holding onto hope as forensic science evolves. DNA and forensic genetic genealogy is now at the center of the conversation. Could the key to solving this case be hidden in a decades-old sample, waiting for the right technology or the right name to match?

Anyone with information about Deanna Cremin’s murder is asked to call the confidential tip line at (617) 544-7167.

Discovery

It was the night of March 29, 1995 and 17-year old Deanna Cremin was over at her boyfriend’s place watching TV and doing homework. Deanna and 18-year old Thomas “Tommy” LeBlanc had been an item for at least a year at that point, and their studying-slash-television sessions were a pretty routine occurrence in their relationship…

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