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An ID card belonging a Massachusetts teen last seen nearly four decades ago has been recovered from a river, along with unidentified human remains, authorities said. Judith Chartier, of Chelmsford, 17, was last seen on June 5, 1982, after leaving a party in Billerica. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said “significant portions” of the teen’s 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger were located by divers Tuesday in the Concord River in Billerica, marking a crucial development in the decades-old cold case. Investigators recovered human remains and a work ID of Chartier’s in the same river Wednesday near Tuesday’s find — about 50...

LOWELL When police arrived at a Billerica home early yesterday morning after a brutal midnight stabbing, they found blood-splattered walls, a 12-inch butcher knife under the victim and several hypodermic needles one full of a "bloody substance'' on the floor nearby, according to court documents. Demont, who was also covered in blood, allegedly told police, "Juan had a knife and he was carving an apple. He jumped up and fell on the knife. I was trying to help him.''