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14-year-old student held without bail in slaying of Danvers High teacher (Massachusetts)
Boston Globe ^ | October 23, 2013 | John R. Ellement, Kathy McCabe, Peter Schworm and Martin Finucane

Posted on 10/23/2013 11:10:47 AM PDT by Zakeet

A 24-year-old Danvers High School teacher has been found dead, and a 14-year-old boy is being held without bail on a charge of murdering her.

Math teacher Colleen Ritzer’s body was found in the woods behind the school, said Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett.

Philip D. Chism was ordered held without bail at his arraignment this afternoon in Salem District Court. Judge Matthew Nestor approved funds for a mental competency evaluation. Chism is to be tried as an adult; a probable cause hearing was slated for Nov. 22.

Chism had been reported missing Tuesday after he did not return home from school. Ritzer was reported missing at about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday when she did not return home and did not answer her cellphone.

Police searched the school and found blood in a second-floor bathroom. Ritzer’s body was found later behind the school, Blodgett said in a news conference this morning at the high school.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 0bamasson; blackkk; colleenritzer; massachusetts; murder; philipchism; school
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To: AppyPappy

Little is known about a possible motive, though some details of Chism’s life are starting to emerge.

He has moved around the country several times in his young life — including attending fourth-grade at a Clarksville, Tennessee, elementary school before moving on to fifth grade in Boca Raton, Florida, said Clarksville-Montgomery County, Tennessee, school system spokeswoman Elise Shelton.

Chism spent three sixth, seventh and eighth grades at Rossville Middle School in Clarksville, according to Shelton, before heading about 1,150 miles northeast to Massachusetts.

The connection between Ritzer and the boy was not clear. In a news conference held before the boy’s arraignment, Blodgett declined to discuss details of any connection between the teacher and the boy, citing his status as a juvenile. He did not say whether the boy is a student at the school.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/23/justice/massachusetts-danvers-schools-closed/index.html


61 posted on 10/23/2013 1:51:29 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Zakeet

Danvers is the quintessential, homespun, lovely New England coastal town, north of Boston, rooted in history (it is actually Old Salem Village, where the original Witch Trials were conducted, and renamed Danvers to cover it’s sordid past).

Born & raised in this Northshore community, I played in and frequented the haunts of the Rebecca Nurse cemetery, The General Isreal Putnam House, The Glenn Magna Estate, Minutemen Training Common and actually lived directly across the street from The First Congregational Church of Old Salem Village where the witch trials were held.

The names Weeks, Hutchinson, Perkins, Endicott were and are prevalent among the town fathers.

Although many years removed, social media keeps me in contact with people and news .... To say the town is reeling in shock & horror is an understatement.
It is possible that this transient family may quite possibly be the only family of color to reside in Danvers.

Just thought I could offer a little insight for those that may be interested.


62 posted on 10/23/2013 1:51:32 PM PDT by IwaCornDogs ("There Will Be Bamboozeling" ~ Nobama 08')
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To: KeyLargo

“Why is it that some freepers never read the article provided in the link but rather just willy nilly post some nonsense>
THE MURDER WEAPON WAS A KNIFE NOT A GUN!!!!!!!”

I know, I’m with you. It’s bad enough the SRM will take every opportunity to push their anti-2A agenda, we don’t need to help them!


63 posted on 10/23/2013 1:54:59 PM PDT by Batman11 (Obama is not American.. he has no clue what it is to be American.)
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To: Batman11

Thanks! I’m feeling alone out here...


64 posted on 10/23/2013 1:58:34 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Batman11

British media said she was slashed to death...the perp used a box cutter. British media also mentioned the perp attended a Woody Allen movie after the murder. Typical movie fare in Assachusetts...


65 posted on 10/23/2013 3:50:31 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: IwaCornDogs

66 posted on 10/23/2013 3:55:22 PM PDT by x
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To: PA Engineer

Dauky Mail is now saying he slashed her to death with a box cutter:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2473210/Danvers-High-school-boy-charged-murder-teacher.html


67 posted on 10/23/2013 4:20:12 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: x

LOL ... Oh, the stories I could tell!

Scary funny stuff there ~ too funny!


68 posted on 10/23/2013 4:42:32 PM PDT by IwaCornDogs ("There Will Be Bamboozeling" ~ Nobama 08')
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To: kcvl
Photos at Mail On Line show the mother. She is bending over to hide her face. I see this as strange. From her hand, it looks like she is white. All the comments on news sources seem to avoid pointing out the kid is black, well half black. He is a replica of Obama.

We have had a generation indoctrinated to believe that whites oppress blacks. So blacks are now targeting whites for revenge and kicks. Whites are hiding with guilt. So much for personal responsibility and a society that relies on moral truth.

69 posted on 10/23/2013 5:24:00 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The meek shall not inherit the Earth)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Zakeet.

> Philip Chism, 14, was seen on surveillance footage dragging a recycling bin with Colleen Ritzer’s body through the halls of Danvers High School in Massachusetts on Tuesday night then dumping her remains in the woods near campus, according to police sources.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2473210/Danvers-High-school-boy-charged-murder-teacher.html


70 posted on 10/23/2013 7:15:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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Philip Chism, 14, Was Charged With The Murder Of A Danvers High School Teacher Colleen Ritzer - YouTube

Philip Chism, 14, Was Charged With The Murder Of A Danvers High School Teacher Colleen Ritzer - YouTube

71 posted on 10/23/2013 7:15:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts; kcvl; Nifster; Darksheare; pax_et_bonum; Batman11; organicchemist; camle; ...

Thanks for pointing out that no firearm was involved. I’ll read more carefully next time.


72 posted on 10/23/2013 7:40:22 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: KeyLargo

I’ve read it was a box cutter.


73 posted on 10/23/2013 8:11:08 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: MichaelCorleone

I didn’t see a weapon mentioned in this article, but had read an earlier posted article.

:-)


74 posted on 10/23/2013 8:35:27 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless Americad)
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To: BunnySlippers

Thanks. Saw that. They have further updates now. Words fail me. It appears to have been premeditated.


75 posted on 10/23/2013 11:25:04 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media. No Blood For Ego!)
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To: MichaelCorleone

Welcome, no prob!


76 posted on 10/24/2013 5:17:09 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: MichaelCorleone

most recent news is that he used a box cutter


78 posted on 10/24/2013 9:21:53 AM PDT by Nifster
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