A 68-year-old woman is dead, and an 18-year-old is being charged with murder after what authorities are calling a homicide, Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker announced in a press conference Thursday night.
According to the DA, earlier Thursday afternoon, Lynn police recieved a call regarding an individual walking around the city with a knife on Standish Street. Once officers approached the individuals, they noticed the individual was acting erratically and had “brown and red stains” on the knife that resembled blood.
The individual was taken to Salem Hospital, where authorities learned more details, which led Lynn police and Massachusetts State Police to conduct a search warrant on the man’s home, leading investigators to contact Danvers police…