Peabody Murder Site Has Violent History

PEABODY, MA – The home where two bodies were found over the weekend was also the site of a stabbing in 2012.

A couple who investigators thought to be living at 19 Farm Ave. – not the listed owners – were found murdered late Saturday night. Police have one suspect in custody. The Essex County District Attorney's Office called it a "messy" crime scene.

In 2012, the home made headlines for a different crime: A Peabody man was charged with attempted murder after stabbing a New Hampshire man.

Police said the attack was allegedly the result of a domestic dispute between Moise and the victim, 51-year-old Robert Kowalchik of Nashua, N.H. Kowalchik was stabbed multiple times in the abdomen and transported from the home to Mass. General Hospital in Boston.

The residence at 19 Farm Ave., a cottage-style home, was sold in 1981 for $53,500 to two people who also live on Farm Avenue.

Image via Mike Carraggi, Patch Staff

John Castelluccio contributed to this report