Massachusetts police are looking for a person they consider brutally killed a pair following an argument that they had over a barking dog.
Each state police and Marshfield police are conducting a large manhunt for 27-year-old Christopher Keeley, who’s accused of fatally stabbing Carl and Vicki Mattson, each 70, in accordance with the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.
Their bodies were discovered inside their home on Gotham Hill Drive Tuesday night after officers were called to perform a welfare check. Each had been stabbed and bludgeoned to death, District Attorney Timothy Cruz said.
Keeley was living within the couple’s home as a favor to a member of the family, but had recently been asked to depart, a friend of the suspect told police, in accordance with CBS Boston.
He reportedly told the friend that a dispute over a dog barking led to the attack. He also told the friend that he had recently felt that he desired to harm people, including the Mattsons, court documents obtained by the station revealed.
The friend called police, requesting they conduct a welfare check on the couple after stating that Keeley had been acting “psychotic” recently and owned knives.
Police said Keely ought to be considered “armed and dangerous.” He was last seen driving the couple’s black 2019 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, however the vehicle was abandoned in a parking zone and recovered by investigators on Wednesday.
Authorities have issued a warrant for his arrest.
