Dossier
Essex County District Attorney's Office
Coverage of Essex County District Attorney's Office in the Nexus archive.
- Man sentenced for strangling Massachusetts college student to death with tank top in cold case killing
John Carey, 66, was sentenced to life in prison for strangling Claire Gravel, a Salem State University student, with a tank top in a 1986 cold case. The conviction followed a 40-year investigation that used DNA evidence linked to the murder weapon.