SALEM, Mass. (Court TV) — A high school senior has been ordered to be held at a state mental hospital without bail after his arrest for allegedly killing a stranger asleep in her bed.
Anthony DeMayo appeared at his arraignment on March 13, 2026. (Pool/Court TV)
Anthony DeMayo, 18, is charged with murder and home invasion in the death of 69-year-old Janet Swallow, who was found in her Danvers home by police on Thursday.
DeMayo was taken into custody on Thursday afternoon in Lynn, Massachusetts, after someone called 911 to report a person walking around with a knife. “it was like a 6-inch blade, and he was just swinging his arm around, and then he just started stabbing all the bushes,” 911 caller Ashley O’Brien told WCVB. “It looked like he was pretending the bushes were a person. It was like he was practicing. It was the most bizarre thing I have ever seen.”…