A blonde knife-wielder who rampaged through Massachusetts is believed to be the wealthy son of a successful mental health doctor, who lives on Martha’s Vineyard.
Police began searching for Jared Ravizza, 26, after four girls ages 9 to 17 were stabbed by a man who “laughed all the time” as he attacked them at an AMC multiplex in Braintree, around 6 pm on Saturday.
A 21-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man were stabbed an hour later 30 miles away at a McDonald’s in Plymouth before police caught up with Ravizza when he crashed his Porsche in Sandwich.
Massachusetts police sources told Boston25 that Ravizza was also the man they were looking for after a body was found Saturday afternoon at a vacation rental in Deep River.
The former UMass student claimed to run a “world-leading digital marketing and social media management agency” with offices in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, Paris and Naples.
But friends from his old college lacrosse team told Dailymail.com they remembered him simply as “weird.”
Ravizza boasts of being a ‘world-leading digital marketing and social media management agency’ with offices in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, Paris and Naples.
He was arrested after girls, aged between 9 and 17, were stabbed at an AMC multiplex in Braintree, and a 21-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man were stabbed at a McDonald’s in Plymouth.
“He only went to school with us for one semester and then he disappeared off the face of the earth,” Jay Gallipo said.
‘He was a social media influencer back then, it was kind of a joke to us.
“The only person he was close to was his sister Kate, she was perfectly nice but kind of weird.”
Ravizza has lived on the island, home to politicians and celebrities, for three years and was often seen in the company of a man he introduced as his father, according to Martha’s Vineyard Times.
The family lives in a $565,000 home in the western Massachusetts town of Agawam, where his father Jason Ravizza He works as a licensed mental health counselor.
The graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is a licensed school principal and has focused on working with youth “paying attention to the whole person, helping to unlock each person’s full potential as a human being,” according to a biography .
In December 2021, the younger Ravizza was profiled by the MV Times and claimed to be running a charity called Ravizza Global Initiative.
He said his family had a long history of coming to the area and vaguely explained the goals of his initiative.
Ravizza has amassed 218,000 followers on her Instagram page which uses the pronoun ‘she’.
He describes himself as an “artist, professional model, skier and social entrepreneur.”
Ravizza with his father Jason, who has a Master’s Degree in Education and is a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Massachusetts.
“We spent a lot of time on the Vineyard in Massachusetts, and I just want people to know my approachability,” he said.
‘I see it as a movement and a lifestyle, and an initiative that we do to change people’s lives, to inspire them. “It’s a lifelong connection, a lifelong relationship, being there, being a mentor.”
Ravizza Sr. helps “unlock each person’s full potential as a human being,” according to a biography
Following his arrest, the newspaper spoke to residents who recalled a series of “bizarre and hostile interactions in public settings,” including at a local yoga studio.
Ravizza successfully petitioned the local Dukes County court last month to change his name from Jared Christian Ravizza Jones to Jared Love Jones.
She had previously landed a series of glowing profiles on obscure news websites, including snowmag.com and beverlyhillsmagazine.com.
‘Jared Ravizza is more than just a media mogul and serial entrepreneur. “He is an American model and professional skier,” said one of them.
“Most importantly, he is a family-oriented man who spends quality time kitesurfing, surfing and playing tennis with his family in his free time.”
Ravizza describes himself as an “artist” on his Instagram page, which has amassed 218,000 followers and where he uses the pronoun “she.”
Posts from six years ago show a conventional-looking young man who attracted occasional comments from friends.
The family lives in a comfortable $565,000 home in Agawam, Massachusetts.
Instagram photos from six years ago show a young man relaxing in his comfortable surroundings.
He had been accepted to pursue a degree in social sciences at UMass with a concentration in Health Professions.
The most recent shots are filled with alcohol and drug paraphernalia.
Four years later he returned to the site with a muscular new look, posing on beaches and with his artwork, driving a series of Porsche cars and displaying drug paraphernalia.
She wears lipstick and makeup in subsequent posts, the most recent of which was uploaded just hours before the knife attacks.
The Braintree cinema was almost empty when the girls arrived to attend a screening of the children’s film ‘IF’, starring Ryan Reynolds.
The attacker entered without purchasing a ticket and said nothing as he launched his attack on the girls, dressed in what one employee thought was “an oversized trench coat, sunglasses and a long blonde wig.”
“They were the only four people in this movie theater,” said Lisa Dembowski, mother of two of the girls. WCVB 5.
‘They had just sat down. They had just gotten their concessions.
I guess he came behind them in line (they were in the second row) and walked up behind them.
‘My eldest son bent down to pick something up. He hit her from behind and then hit my other daughter on the top of the chest.
“Then my last daughter crossed her arm, laughing the whole time, and then she grabbed her friend and ran away.”
The girls were taken to Boston-area hospitals, where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries while police began searching for the attacker who left in a black Porsche.
The young McDonald’s couple also escaped with non-life-threatening injuries despite being attacked with a 10-inch knife.
Ravizza is believed to have spent a couple of weeks at the Deep River vacation rental with a roommate, and neighbors heard arguing in the house.
Police found a body when they arrived at 3.36pm on Saturday following reports of a disturbance.
His social media pages feature him in a succession of high-value cars, including this Porsche.
He was taken to hospital with minor injuries after crashing his Porsche during a police chase.
“A lot of police cars showed up and barricaded themselves; at first it looked like some kind of ambush down there,” said neighbor Charlie Brashears. Boston25.
“They had backed both cars into two of my neighbors, and they were on the hoods, I don’t know if they had guns or not, but they were on the hoods, and eventually they just blocked off the area.
“It’s hard to understand.”
Ravizza will appear at Plymouth District Court on Tuesday charged with assault with intent to murder and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Police in Connecticut have not yet announced charges in connection with Dep River’s murder, but are no longer searching for any suspects.