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Woman found shot to death on Mission Hill
By adamg on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:12am
Body found this morning in a Parker Hill Avenue building. Identified as Rebecca Payne, 20, a Northeastern student.
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A Northeastern student?
Jessica Torrez-Riley, who is one, posts voice mail to students from the school's Office of Public Safety. A number of Northeastern students live in the building where the woman's body was found.
Herald Confirms, she was a Northeastern student.
This is what I posted, but here's the link to the Herald's article.
Hispanic woman, 22
Boston Police statement.
she was NOT hispanic. make
she was NOT hispanic. make sure you get your facts right BPD.
Since when ...
is Hispanic an insult?
If you think it is, you are the one who has some work to do.
I don't think the previous
I don't think the previous anon said it was an insult. He/She just said she wasn't hispanic. Your reading into it.
no, being hispanic is not an
no, being hispanic is not an insult. what feels like an insult is how the police don't know what they're talking about.
What next?
You want to bust police chops because they estimated her age at 22? Oh, wait, they got that one right.
Is there really something you don't understand about looking at an unidentified dead body and noting down the salient characteristics to help you identify the deceased? Or is it that you haven't seen a picture? I'd be interested to hear you explain in what way she doesn't look Hispanic. She looks totally Dominican to me.
No, the people who don't know what they're talking about in this situation would not be the police.
it definitely was...
a northeastern student according to "sources"
Parker Hill Ave
Anyone else get skeeved out when they pass by Parker Hill Ave on South Huntington? It just looks impossibly creepy - especially at night. I just can't put my finger on exactly why.
Looks like she's got a
Looks like she's got a facebook page, not linking thou.
This is sad, wondering if t was a break in, or domestic violence. From the sounds of being shot in both leg, the later.
WTF is wrong with the people in that building BTW? They all heard gunshots, very close, but no-one called police or investigated...
'So it was like whatever'
Wow - murder as old Apple commercial:
Whatever
I lived for a number of years next to a national guard firing range ... and I still can't always tell the difference between a gunshot and a firecracker or a back fire, etc. against a background of urban noise.
That said, I think the proximity alone would make a difference in the level of alarm, no? Either this person is jaded/burnt out, completely self-absorbed, or involved in something that they shouldn't be to not report what was heard INSIDE the building. Stoking the coal furnace, perhaps?
I doubt that person hears gunshots all the time, either. I used to work in that neighborhood and it seemed pretty quiet and pleasant, likely moving up, not down. In any case it was NEVER the kind of war zone that "shots all the time" would depict. Nice try at an excuse, lamer.
Epitomizing the best in Northeastern students
Statement by Northeastern President Joseph Aoun on Rebecca Payne:
Statement by Rebecca Payne's parents
Some thoughts by Nicholas and Virginia Payne, released through Boston Police:
Does It Matter
HI,
It is a sad situation. The important thing here is to find out what really happened. Not questions like is she Hispanic? Does it matter.