The son of a former Major League Baseball star was found dead along with his 8-year-old son in an apparent murder-suicide, two weeks after police raided his home in connection with the 2019 disappearance of the son’s mother. boy.
George Scott III, 53, was found dead shortly after 8 a.m. at his home in New Bedford, Massachusetts, when police received a request for a wellness check.
They arrived at the bodies of 8-year-old Scott and Dante, lying dead on the ground.
A spokesperson for the local district attorney said they believe Scott killed the boy – who lived with him – before taking his own life.
DA Thomas Quinn said they found several knives at the scene which they took as evidence.
George Scott III (pictured left), 53, was found dead shortly after 8 a.m. at his home in New Bedford, Massachusetts, when police received a request to conduct a wellness check.
Scott III is the son of the late Boston Red Sox player George Scott, who hit 271 homers during a 14-year career at the majors.
Young Scott had also tried his hand at becoming a professional baseball player, going through various minor league teams in the 1990s.
“One of the best athletes I’ve ever seen,” Scott III said of his father. “He could have been drafted by the NBA and the NFL. Baseball was the “worst” sport he played. He was definitely a legend.
The 8-year-old boy is the son of Lisa Hazard, a woman who disappeared in March 2019, according to the boston globe.
A spokesperson for the Bristol County District Attorney said Scott was considered a person of interest in her disappearance.
“This is obviously a tragic situation that could be a development in the case, but we have to look at the evidence in this case,” Quinn said, referring to both cases.
Just two weeks earlier, the district attorney’s office had executed a search warrant at the same home.
According to a Facebook page hoping to find Hazard, she was last seen after leaving her mother’s home in Fall River on March 5, 2019.
The 8-year-old boy is the son of Lisa Hazard, a woman who disappeared in March 2019. A Bristol County DA spokesperson said Scott was considered a person of interest in her disappearance.
Scott III is the son of the late Boston Red Sox player George Scott, who hit 271 homers during a 14-year career at the majors. The two are pictured at Fenway Park in 1970. The elder Scott died in 2013
Young Scott had also tried his hand at becoming a professional baseball player, going through various minor league teams in the 1990s.
According to a Facebook page hoping to find Hazard, she was last seen after leaving her mother’s home in Fall River on March 5, 2019.
Police arrived at the bodies of Scott and Dante, 8, lying dead on the ground
“This group was created in the hope that it will provide more information about Lisa and bring her home. It’s very different from her not reaching out to her family, especially her son who is her whole world,’ the page said.
Family members said in 2019 that Hazard was recovering from drug addiction but became erratic.
“She started missing important dates, like my mom’s birthday or her son’s birthday or Mother’s Day, and that’s really not characteristic of Lisa because she’s always been devoted to family, especially to his son,” his brother Steven said. NBC 10 last October.
The man found dead with his 8-year-old son was not mentioned in the story.
Scott III was last heard from in 2021, when he presented an NFT collection featuring his Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer father.
Scott III was last heard from in 2021, when he presented an NFT collection featuring his father, a member of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
DA Thomas Quinn said they found several knives at the scene which they took as evidence
He had also started a Twitter page for a podcast called Boomer’s Base, referencing his late father’s nickname. No episodes appear to have been released.
DailyMail.com has contacted the Bristol County Prosecutor’s Office and Hazard’s family for further comment.
