Using advanced DNA sequencing and traditional genealogy research, Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office have identified the skeletal remains of a male homicide victim found in a shallow grave in Quincy 35 years ago, Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey announced today.
The remains are of Glenn Powers, a 1970 Randolph High School graduate. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined Glenn died of blunt force trauma and his manner of death a homicide.
The shallow grave was discovered by a civilian walking in a wooded area near 270 Quarry Street in Quincy on March 21, 1991. The area has since been developed and is near the Sgt. Robert Allen Curry/Michael G. Therrien fields…