LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) – Decades after the crime, a man is now facing charges and on trial for the murder of a Salem State University student in 1986.
During opening statements in John Carey’s trial, the prosecutor told jurors that Salem State University student Claire Gravel was found dead in the woods off Route 128 in Beverly in the summer of 1986. Police said she was strangled with her own tank top.
“John Carey murdered Claire Gravel on June 29, 1986 motivated by his sexual arousal to the act of strangulation,” said Kim Faitella, Prosecutor. “On the tank top, in the exact area that was twisted and pulled over Claire’s head and used as murder weapon, the only male’s DNA on that was the defendant, John Carey.”…