A 24-year-old Massachusetts woman was arrested and charged after she allegedly killed her parents while they were on their way to breakfast.
Jessica Cavallaro is accused of shooting to death her parents Thelma Tatten and Mark Cavallaro, both 56, at point-blank range while she sat in the back seat of their car.
She was arraigned in Concord District Court Thursday afternoon and charged with murder, assault, assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying a firearm without a license.
Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said officers responded to a 911 emergency call shortly after 9 a.m. yesterday.
Jessica Cavallaro is accused of shooting and killing the parents of Thelma Tatten and Mark Cavallaro, both 56 years old.
She was arraigned yesterday afternoon in Concord District Court and charged with murder, assault, assault with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, as well as one count of carrying a firearm without a license.
Authorities pronounced the mother dead at the scene, while the father was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. He subsequently died in the hospital.
According to court documents, Jessica Cavallaro lived with her boyfriend and parents on Washington Street in Bedford.
Early Thursday morning, he came home from work unexpectedly and said he was experiencing a panic attack.
Her parents picked her up from work and took her to her boyfriend’s house.
Jessica reportedly entered the Washington Street home for about 30 minutes, then came back out and got into her parents’ car to go to breakfast.
But when he entered, Jessica allegedly shot them both in the head and then re-entered the house and told her boyfriend’s parents what she had done, according to the documents.
Authorities pronounced Tatten dead at the scene, while Mark was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. He subsequently died in the hospital.
Cavallaro allegedly shot them both in the head and then went back inside the house and told her boyfriend’s parents what she had done, according to documents.
“Shortly before 9 a.m. a 911 call was made from a private address where the homeowner called to say that the defendant had just killed his parents,” Middlesex Assistant District Attorney Suzanne said in court. Wiseman.
Prosecutors have not said why he allegedly committed the crime.
According NBC10The gun belonged to Jessica’s boyfriend who had several in a safe inside the family home.
“The prevalence of guns and the availability of firearms, many of the incidents that we’ve had in the last few weeks, in the last few months, have involved firearms in the hands of people who shouldn’t have them,” Ryan said. the channel.
Jessica Cavallaro is being held without bail and her next court appearance is scheduled for August 20. She will also reportedly undergo a psychiatric evaluation.