The state’s highest courtroom has upheld the conviction of Andrew MacCormack, who in the summertime of 2017 brutally murdered his spouse, a beloved Lynn elementary college trainer.
“Having carefully reviewed the record, we discern no error that would warrant vacating the conviction, or ordering a new trial, and no reason to grant relief,” Supreme Judicial Court Justice Serge Georges, Jr. wrote within the Tuesday ruling.
A Suffolk Superior Court jury in November 2019 discovered Andrew MacCormack responsible of murdering Vanessa, who within the SJC ruling goes below the married identify MacCormack however in earlier reporting on the case was recognized as Vanessa Masucci. MacCormack was sentenced to life in jail.
Prosecutors on the time mentioned that it occurred in a match of home violence when she threatened to go away him over his erratic habits which included destroying the couple’s funds — and even pawning their marriage ceremony rings — to help his rampant cocaine and steroid behavior.
“Vanessa Masucci’s future was violently ripped away from her by the person who took an oath, promising to love and care for her,” then-Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins mentioned following the decision.
Andrew MacCormack cried throughout his arraignment as prosecutor Ian Polumbaum described the accidents Vanessa Masucci suffered within the bed room of the couple’s Revere house on Sept. 23, 2017. Those accidents included “blunt trauma to her face, slash and stab wounds on her neck, signs of manual strangulation and suffocation,” Polumbaum mentioned, including that the final bit had most likely come “from a trash bag that had been put on her head, apparently in an effort to catch the blood.”
The couple’s 1-year-old little one was current on the time of the homicide. Prosecutors say that he took the newborn with him as he went to purchase coke following the homicide.
Evidence confirmed that Andrew MacCormack’s $400 to $500 per week cocaine behavior — and, because the SJC write-up says, an curiosity in intercourse employees he discovered on the web — had put pressure on the couple’s relationship.
“I hate you so much you’ve ruined (our daughter’s) life because she won’t have her parents together…,” Vanessa wrote in a textual content on Aug. 31, 2017, in line with earlier Herald reporting. “I’ll talk to (agent) tomorrow about listing the house and I’ll look into divorce lawyers…”
“Ur crazy,” Andrew replied. “I’m not signing anything to sell the house or get divorced.”
While Andrew MacCormack will stay in jail for all times, Masucci’s legacy is rather more heat. Her twin passions for softball and schooling reside on. A yearly softball event in her honor is used to fundraise for the Vanessa Masucci Scholarship, which awards $1,000 yearly to a graduating highschool softball athlete from a Lynn High School who’s accepted to a school or college.
“Vanessa Grace Masucci was a beloved mother, daughter, sister, aunt, Godmother, cousin, friend and teacher whose life was tragically cut short in September 2017,” Lynn English High School states on a web page devoted to the scholarship. “Although she is no longer with us, her love of life, infectious laugh and smile will live on forever. Her friends and family created this scholarship in order to celebrate her life and love for education.”
The Daily Item, Masucci’s hometown paper in Lynn, experiences that the 2022 scholarship recipient was Lily Newhall, a softball participant from St. Mary’s High School, the place Masucci had additionally graduated. The subsequent softball event is scheduled to happen on Aug. 8, in line with the occasion’s Facebook web page.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”