Webster Man Indicted For Murder Of Girlfriend Nearly A Year Ago

WEBSTER, MA—A Webster man was indicted on Friday by a Worcester County Grand Jury for 2nd degree murder in the death of his girlfriend in Webster last April, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr.

Joseph Kenadek is facing charges for killing his girlfriend Brenda L. Hatheway, 43, Harris St., Webster, during an argument that spilled out onto the street last April.

Hatheway was found unresponsive in the street near her home on the morning of April 30. She died a short time later at Hubbard Regional Hospital.

Kenadek, 52, of the same address, initially had been charged with aggravated assault and battery and domestic assault and battery in Dudley District Court. The investigation showed that Kenadek and Hatheway were involved in a loud argument that spilled over to a porch and eventually to the street.

Court documents showed that Hatheway's cheek was swollen and her left eye was closed when she was found in the street by officers, who administered Narcan, reported MassLive. Kenedek reportedly told officers he used heroin the night before as he tried to pick Hatheway up, blood on the side of his face and on his shirt and hands. A neighbor told police he heard Hatheway scream, and that Kenadek had a hammer in his hand, and was seen stomping on her head with his foot, reported MassLive.

Hatheway was the mother of Sabrina Lee Hatheway, the 23 year old who has now been missing for nearly three years.

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