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Massachusetts mom found shot to death inside home — son arrested in Vermont after manhunt
nypost.com ^ | Oct. 9, 2026 | Nicholas McEntyre

Posted on 10/09/2026 5:30:26 AM PDT by V_TWIN

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A Massachusetts mother was shot to death inside her home as authorities launched an hours-long manhunt to capture her adult son, who had fled to Vermont.

Andria Hanafin was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound inside the kitchen of her Reading, Mass., home at around 12:38 a.m. on Thursday, the Reading Police Department said.

Hanafin’s husband, Matthew, had discovered his 49-year-old wife when he returned home from work and called 911.

Hanafin’s 22-year-old son, Ryan Hanafin, was missing from the household along with his car.

Officials then started their search for the unaccounted-for adult and his 2010 black Dodge Charger connected to the homicide investigation of his mother.

The younger Hanafin was known to have connections to the Warren, Vt., area.

Massachusetts police tipped the Vermont State Police Thursday afternoon to look out for Ryan Hanafin in the area roughly 170 miles northwest of Reading, a Boston suburb.

He was taken into custody after Vermont State patrol spotted his Dodge Charger and pulled him over at 2:30 p.m.

He was charged with being a fugitive of justice and held without bail at the Northeast Regional Correctional Facility, Vermont police said.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: massachusetts; mother; vermont
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What's wrong with that picture?

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1 posted on 10/09/2026 5:30:26 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

he looks like a he/him/they/zer type...


2 posted on 10/09/2026 5:33:10 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: V_TWIN

He identifies as a she and she was just having a bad day? Not guilty, right? As long as it thinks it’s a “she”, or should it matter? Eh, it’s Massachusetts, not guilty.


3 posted on 10/09/2026 5:35:54 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Mr. K

Yep


4 posted on 10/09/2026 5:40:16 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

The social media will tell the tale.....if it even gets that much investigation


5 posted on 10/09/2026 5:41:54 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

Looks like every skateboarding, vaping, video gamer I have seen.


6 posted on 10/09/2026 5:43:40 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: V_TWIN

Dazed and confused. Poor thing. Maybe a few 300 pound homos in his cell will help him find himself?


7 posted on 10/09/2026 6:03:19 AM PDT by albie
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To: V_TWIN

Tranny


8 posted on 10/09/2026 6:04:00 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: V_TWIN

We’ve just heard “altruistic filicide,” pitched as a defense in Massachusetts. Altruistic matricide seems like a natural corollary.


9 posted on 10/09/2026 6:12:03 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: V_TWIN

There were pictures of this “person of interest” yesterday posted on Facebook here in southern NH. Apparently, he was sighted just west of Nashua. Then picked up in VT later in the day.

Just another mentally ill young man. He will probably spend the rest of his life in Shirley, MA(state Pen).


10 posted on 10/09/2026 6:48:50 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963

That is IF he doesn’t get the same “jury pool” from the Clancy trial. Those women will probably set him free, because he was having a horrible, awful, bad day.


11 posted on 10/09/2026 6:50:36 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: V_TWIN

If I hear one more story about a rotten kid living too long in his patents’ basement, ... . Nowadays, they’re all over the place.


12 posted on 10/09/2026 7:09:39 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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'Weknow Ryan Hanafin has a license to carry, that was suspended this morning,' District Attorney Ryan said.

You don't say.

Was he transitioning? Looks like it from the photo. If so, he was most likely on lot of mind-altering hormones and other drugs.

There have been a number of these tranny shootings lately:

Tumbler Ridge, Canada (Feb 2026): 18-year-old transgender-identifying Jesse Van Rootselaar killed eight people, including five children, at a school.

Minneapolis, U.S. (Aug 2025): Transgender-identifying Robin Westman killed two children and injured 21 others at a Catholic church and school.

Pawtucket, U.S. (Feb 2026): Transgender-identifying Robert Dorgan (also known as Roberta Esposito) killed his ex-wife and teenage son at a high school hockey game before dying by suicide.

13 posted on 10/09/2026 7:18:41 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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Why are trannies not all locked up in institutions for the insane yet?


14 posted on 10/09/2026 7:45:22 AM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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Condolences to remaining family and friends 0f Andria Hanafin.


15 posted on 10/09/2026 7:58:06 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: V_TWIN

looks like a clone of Thomas Crooks ...


16 posted on 10/09/2026 7:59:35 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Joe 6-pack

“We’ve just heard “altruistic filicide,” pitched as a defense in Massachusetts. Altruistic matricide seems like a natural corollary.”

With child-killing being mainstreamed, maybe he could assert self-defense.


17 posted on 10/09/2026 8:09:15 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: woodbutcher1963

WANNA BET?

SOME SOFT HEADED JUDGE WILL TURN HIM LOOSE


18 posted on 10/09/2026 9:17:36 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: V_TWIN

He’s a very pretty boy... Likely upset because mom kept calling him a ‘man’, when he really wanted to be a woooMan.


19 posted on 10/09/2026 10:24:15 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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