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The murder of Andre Marshall is an unsolved case in
Events
In the early morning hours of September 18, 2005, a motorist passing the intersection of Bridgeport's East Avenue and Poplar Street spotted a strange object suspended from the intersection's power and traffic pole. Police arrived on scene to find the battered body of a teenager hung from the neck with barbed wire. The body was identified as 17 year old Andre Marshall. The medical examiner determined Marshall had been beaten badly before being suspended from the power pole sometime around 3 a.m..
Investigation
The Weston connection
On October 4, 2006, the police investigation led them to two youths in the small North Fairfield town of
The investigation stalls
With the dismissal of charges against the two East 84 gang members from Weston, the investigation became bogged down in conflicting testimony from members of the local criminal underworld. Marshall's associates in the Trey Eight Spliffs were increasingly looked at as having had involvement in the killing of Marshall. The police officer in charge was replaced with another agent from the Hartford Field Office, and the state police turned the investigation over to local law enforcement. On several occasions, the Marshall family attempted to have the case re-examined, and while it remains open to this day the murder is one of New England's most puzzling crimes.
Sources
- Gale, Francis. "Horrific Murder Shocks Bridgeport" The Connecticut Register, September 19, 2005, Volume IX, Issue XLII
- News12 CT Re-Broadcast, November 18, 2006.
- Regis, Allan, ed. Encyclopedia of 21st Century Crime New York; HarperCollins Publishers, 2006.
- Swift, Archie and Volstok, Ivan. The New Dockets: 50 Cases The People Never Tried, Amherst, MA, UMASS Press, 2006.
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