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The Boston Globe SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 DA-elect to reopen '80s serial slayings lllllllllltttlllllllllllllHIIIIMtlllllllllllllllllllMllllllllllllllllllllllimilllllllllllllllllMMIM Patrick would consider fee hikes in a fiscal crisis CRASH IN HARTFORD B4 City Region HIGHWAY Continued from Page Bl Chronology -I ther." But Patrick said he met with legislative leaders because he I tion, because he has not yet had access to the case files or to the original investigators, such as State Police Lieutenant Jose Gonsalves. Gonsalves, one of the lead investigators, said in a telephone interview yesterday that he welcomed the idea of resurrecting the investigation. "Any time you have a fresh set of eyes and ears reviewing something, it can't hurt," said Gonsalves, who is now commander of the State police barracks in Dartmouth. Gonsalves said that although the killings stopped 17 years ago, arpa rpsi- GOVERNOR'S RACE Continuedfrom Page Bl The ad shows her standing with Democratic elected officials, including Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley and state Senator Steven A.

Baddour of Methuen, who said Healey "deserves a great deal of admiration and respect." It also shows a Sept. 14 clip of Thomas F. Reilly, whom Patrick beat in the primary, criticizing Patrick's positions on taxes and crime: "I just don't see how you get elected governor." In an interview with the Globe, Youreachinto Healey opened yet hemnviiiv another front, criti- me rainy Qay cizing Patrick for fimd. meeting privately with Senate Presi- JOU may have tO 4 AE 3 I is 4 ils v. dent Robert E.

Travaglini and House Speaker Salvatore F. raise Deval Patrick I tiff: i ivL vvi i ii -f' Eleven killings are attributed to a serial killer in the New Bedford area; nine bodies have been recovered. Eight of the nine victims were mothers, who left behind a total of 14 children. 1988 July 3 Debra Medeiros, 30, of Fall River is found on Route 140 northbound in July 30 Nancy Lee Paiva, 36, of New Bedford is found on Interstate 195 westbound near Reed Road exit in Dartmouth. Nov.

8 Debra Perry Greenlaw DeMello, 35, of Brockton is found on Interstate 195 eastbound near Reed Road exit in Dartmouth. Nov. 29 Dawn Mendes, 25, of New Bedford is found along Reed Road eastbound ramp in Dartmouth. Dec. 1 Deborah L.

McConnell, 25, of Middletown, R.I., is found on Route 140 northbound near Braley Road exit in Freetown. Dec. 6 Rochelle Clifford Dopierala, 28, of Falmouth and New Bedford is found near a gravel pit about Vi mile off Reed Road in Dartmouth. 1989 March 28 Robbin Rhodes, 30, of New Bedford is found off Route 140, about Vi mile north of Chace Road exit in March 31 Mary Rose Santos, 26, of Fairhaven is found on southbound side of Route 88 in Westport. April 24 Sandra A.

Botelho, 25, of New Bedford is found on Interstate 195 in Marion. Source: Boston Globe archives ford. Three of the victims were strangled, according to their death certificates. The probable 11th victim was Christina Monteiro, 20. Robert Cardoza said Roberts was their only daughter and that cancer claimed their only son when he was 39.

"We have lost them both," he said. "I feel it would be nice to get some closure." Fj dents have ten them. Over the years, he and other police officers have received tips about possibly new evidence or suspects that have C. Samuel Sutter Bristol district attorney-elect been routinely checked. "It's bizarre.

Here it is 18 years later since the killings started, and I would actually have to say that even in the past two-three years, or even jn the past three, four months, someone would forward something that they thought was significant," he said. In addition to Roberts, who was 34 when she disappeared, the victims have been identified as Rochelle Qifford Dopierala, 28, of Falmouth and New Bedford; Dawn Mendes, 25, of New Bedford; Nancy Paiva, 36, of New Bedford; Debra Medeiros, 30, of Fall River; Debra Greenlaw Perry DeMello, 35, of Brockton; Debroh McCorinell, 25, of Middletown, R.I.; Robbin Arsenault Rhodes, 29, of New Bedford; Mary Rose Santos, 26, of Fairhaven; and Sandra A. Botelho, 25, of New Bed- yt DiMasi Thursday morning. She said he is now part of the insider Beacon Hill culture he has repeatedly said he wants to dismantle. "He went into this race saying he had no debts to the political establishment on Beacon Hill.

As of yesterday that statement doesn't hold," Healey said. She said that if the Legislature had had its way, Melanie's Law which cracks down on repeat drunk drivers would have been dramatically weakened because of aggressive lobbying by defense lawyers. "The Legislature presented us with a watered-down bill that served the needs of the special interests who wanted to be able to return repeat drunk drivers to the road," she said. "1 went public and tried to expose the hypocrisy of calling that bill a reform. That is the difference between me and Deval Patrick.

I will never hesitate to stand up and expose the hypocrisy of pseudo reforms presented by the Legislature. After yesterday, he won't be able to do that ei JESSICA HILLASSOCIATED PRESS Firefighters doused a tractor-trailer that crashed and burned on Interstate 9 1 in Hartford yesterday, shutting southbound lanes for several hours. Police said a small car cut off the truck, causing it to jackknife and skid into a guardrail before catching fire about 10:15 a.m. near the former Colt factory south of downtown Hartford. The truck's driver, Valeriu Lungu, 57, of Manchester, sustained minor injuries.

Police said the driver of the red compact car, with Pennsylvania plates, did not stop. done." talk tn nil cnrtc rvf lfinHfvrc Patrick said. "I talk to leaders in education and healthcare and arts and culture. I need relationships to make change." Patrick also took the blame for failing to vote in several elections in his hometown of Milton. Offi- rials in the town clerk's office said records indicate that Patrick did not vote in at least six elections over the past 10 years.

nis iauure to vote was first reported vpstprrlav hv thp. Boston Herald. "I remember sending in absentee if there are no records, shame on me. If they don have the records, I don't have records," he said referring to Milton town officials. "I'm not quarreling with them.

It's liiy lauii. According to records, Patrick r1i1 icck in nut rf (mil io(T- uiu nut yuit iii iwu uuiui luiu i ular town elections held between 2002 and 2006 and in one out of tVirpp cnppial triwn plpptinns hplrl between 2002 and 2006. He also failed to vote in a special 2001 state election to choose a succes- sor to the late US Representative Joseph Moakley, and in the 1996 presiueiuicu eiecuuii, wiicii riesi- reelection against Republican Bob Dole. Clinton had selected Patrick to work at the Justice Department in 1994. Milton officials said they believe that Patrick voted in the 2000 presidential primary election, even though they have no proof.

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