A New England man has been linked to a string of murders across Massachusetts.
According to Boston 25 News, Kevin Lino, 38, is accused of the 2012 killing of Normand Varieur in Boston, and Jack Gilbert Berry in Missoula, Montana, in 2014, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office.
“Mr. Lino is a serial killer,” Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said.
“The Department of Justice defines a serial killer as someone who has taken the life of two individuals in separate situations. In this case, we have already convictions in two. We’ve now brought charges in two more.”
Investigators now say that Lino, who had been homeless at the time, killed Douglas Leon Clarke, 30, in Cambridge, in 2012.
Police initially thought Clarke died from an accidental overdose. In 2018, according to People Magazine, investigators learned that Clarke had been living in a homeless encampment at the Harvard Square MTBA station. Lino had also been living there.
Investigators now believe that Lino, who had reportedly been angry that heroin users lived at the encampment, gave Clarke a fatal dose of heroin.
He’s also accused of beating 54-year-old Gary Melanson to death with a bat in 2010, at a Lowell, Massachusetts, homeless encampment.
Authorities said there could be more victims.
In March, the remains of over 10 people were found across New England states, including Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine. The discoveries sparked concerns of a serial killer.
The victims, however, died in “vastly” different ways, resulting in investigators ruling out a serial killer, who often kills each victim similarly, The New York Post reports.
Lino, who is currently serving two life sentences for the murders of Varieur and Berry, is currently awaiting trial for the Clarke and Melanson cases.
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[Feature Photo via Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office]
