Crime & Safety
Massachusetts Vigil Remembers Woman Killed In Unsolved 1974 Cold Case
Eileen Ferro, 21, was found dead in her home on Ladyslipper Drive on February 22, 1974. Police said her neck was slit from ear to ear.
February 23, 2024
SHREWSBURY - A vigil was held in Shrewsbury Thursday night to mark 50 years since a woman found killed in a murder case that remains unsolved.
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Eileen Ferro, 21, was found dead in her home on Ladyslipper Drive on February 22, 1974. Police said her neck was slit from ear to ear.
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The Shrewsbury woman was found dead in her home on February 22, 1974/CBS Boston
Decades later, 70-year-old Lonzo Guthrie was arrested in Ferro's murder after a drop of his blood was found inside the home. Prosecutors said Guthrie was a furniture deliveryman who was at Ferro's home and returned the next day to kill her. But the defense argued Guthrie cut himself while delivering furniture and had no motive to kill her. The jury found him not guilty.
Lonzo Guthrie (WBZ-TV)
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