Posted on 03/28/2006 6:41:19 AM PST by Boston Blackie
A violent criminal who gunned down a Dedham painter after winning a pardon from former Gov. Michael Dukakis is up for parole again, reopening old wounds for the man’s grief-stricken widow. “It still hurts,” said Nadine Efstathiou, whose 29-year-old husband, Kostas, was murdered in 1983 by Thomas Childs. “My kids are upset about it too. They grew up with no father and it was a tough road for me to bring up three kids by myself. Thank God my family was there to help.”
Childs, who was convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Efstathiou in a Roslindale Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot, was denied parole in 2001 but will once again be seeking freedom when he goes before the state Parole Board in Bridgewater tomorrow.
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