Body found in Jamaica Plain; possible homicide victim

By adamg on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 8:12am

UPDATE: Boston Police report the victim, a woman in her 30s, was found with head trauma around 7:45 a.m. and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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"Near Mission Hill" is sort

By anon on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:14am.

"Near Mission Hill" is sort of misleading. Kenney Street is pretty squarely in JP, tucked in behind the VA Hospital and just a few minutes walk from Centre Street.

Kenney Street is pretty obviously near Mission Hill if its tucked in behind the VA Hospital which is right on the line. It looks like its also a few minutes walk to Heath Street and Mission Hill. Its not right on the border, but it is "near".

Nearer Hyde Square. Nearer

By trish on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:55am.

Nearer Hyde Square. Nearer Angell Memorial/MSPCA.

Why not just say Kenney

By anon on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:58am.

Why not just say Kenney Street in the Hyde Square neighborhood of JP?

Why I wrote that

By adamg on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 10:05am.

The first I heard of this was from somebody closer to Green Street who reported lots of sirens heading up Lamartine toward Stony Brook. From that perspective, and based on the fact that Kenney is not a major thoroughfare that everybody's heard of, I went with "near Mission Hill."

Does it really matter?

By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 7:10pm.

The important facts are the actual street where the body was found and that somebody died/was killed there.

If you're selling real estate...

By John-W on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 7:21pm.

...it does.

Nearer Hyde Square; Nearer

By trish on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:58am.

Nearer Hyde Square; Nearer Angell Memorial/MSPCA. Walk through the V.A. parking lot through the gate in the fence to Kenney Street.

Its nearer 23 Kenney St.

By Pete Nice on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 10:18am.

I was so confused when I read this headline, try to be more clear next time Adam.

but it's even nearer these coordinates

By Sarcastic Sam on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 10:52am.

LAT 42.324914, LON -71.109927

This is Clearly....

By anon on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 10:05am.

To be blamed on the incoming Whole Foods and the gentrification and hipster apocalypse.

How is this a possible shooting victim?

By Emmanuel on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 10:22am.

According to the Boston Globe, this woman in her thirties may have died of apparent head trauma injuries. My question to you would be: what made you believe this person was a 'possible shooting victim'? Why not, 'spontaneous combustion victim' or 'possible human sacrifice', too? Was it that you assumed that someone who was found dead in Jamaica Plain would obviously have died by gunfire?

No, I didn't make an assumption

By adamg on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 11:01am.

Police initially responded to a report of a person shot; hence my headline. I suspect that, initially, a head-trauma victim looks similar to somebody shot in the head. You'll note the initial time on my post wasn't all that long after the discovery of the body.

I've updated the post to reflect the Globe article, and am hoping that whatever happened to the poor woman, she went quickly.

Fair point. Thanks for

By Emmanuel on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 11:09am.

Fair point. Thanks for responding!

whatever the cause of this tragedy...

By Sarcastic Sam on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 11:31am.

...it is amazing to see what people are concentrating on. You should call it this, it's closer to that, how dare you say "possible (potentially inaccurate cause of death)" in an initial report.

Can't you see Adam? This is all your fault.

This nails it. Someone dies

By fairlee76 on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 2:42pm.

This nails it. Someone dies and people are quibbling about neighborhoods?

On Truck Day, no less...

By JPSouth on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 7:23pm.

the most sacred of days. Have these people no priorities?

This is a lesson for us all

By Michael on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 11:40am.

Cherish your loved ones, tell your family often that you love them, and carry a GPS and sheafs of local maps at all times so that if the unthinkable happens when you're out and about, you'll at least know what neighborhood the unthinkable happened in.

WIN

By eeka on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 12:37pm.

Update: She was shot to death

By adamg on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 10:23pm.

Channel 4 reports on findings from the medical examiner.

I live on Kenney. When I

By anon on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 11:53am.

I live on Kenney. When I noticed all of the police cars I immediately went to Twitter to see what UH was reporting. Adam, you are on top of things. Furthermore, I hope the police are able to find out what happened to this poor woman. Very sad news.

I also live on Kenney

By BobGoblin on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 12:19pm.

I immediately went to UH to find out what happened. Thanks Adam.

Since you guys live on Kenney

By anon on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 1:00pm.

Since you guys live on Kenney St, please settle the argument. Is Kenney St near Mission Hill? Or is closer to Hyde Square? And while we have you, do you consider yourselves "pondsiders" and less gritty and hip than those living near Egleston or Hyde squares?

Thanks for doing this.

It's more like Mission Valley

By anon on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 5:31pm.

It's more like Mission Valley than Mission Hill.

Whit and Elizabeth

Victim identified

By adamg on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 4:05pm.

Boston Police report she was Brenda Pawlowski, 49, of Boston.