The grown son of former Red Sox nice George “Boomer” Scott is suspected of killing his youngster in a murder-suicide in New Bedford, the Bristol DA’s workplace introduced tonight.
The youngster has been recognized as 8-year-old Dante Hazard, the DA’s workplace stated, including the boy’s mom, Lisa Hazard, has been lacking since 2019.
George Scott III is the kid’s father, the DA added, and he was “a person of interest in the disappearance of Ms. Hazard, and that investigation remains active at this time.”
Authorities stated a relative referred to as to have police verify on the boy after not listening to from the household.
“New Bedford Police received a request for a well being check for George Scott III and Dante Hazard (Friday morning) who were living at 1643 Phillips Road,” authorities stated. “The nicely being verify was requested by a relative who had not been capable of get in contact with Mr. Scott.
“Upon entering the residence, police this morning located the deceased bodies of both individuals. It appears from the evidence recovered at the scene to be a murder-suicide. Mr. Scott appears to have killed the boy with a sharp object before taking his own life,” the DA’s assertion advised. “We are awaiting the medical examiner’s confirmation of these and other details.”
Authorities add New Bedford detectives executed a court-issued search warrant at 1643 Phillips Road greater than two weeks in the past. “Those search warrants have been sealed by the court as part of the ongoing investigation into Ms. Hazard’s disappearance,” the DA added.
The elder George Scott died in 2013 on the age of 69. He was a hard-hitting Gold Glove first baseman and was a member of the Impossible Dream Red Sox workforce in 1967 that misplaced to the Cardinals within the World Series in seven video games.
Scott spent 9 of his 14 years within the huge leagues with the Red Sox, making the All-Star workforce and ending third within the 1966 Rookie of the Year voting, after which successful the primary three of his Gold Gloves.
He was despatched to Milwaukee after the 1971 season as a part of a 10-player blockbuster that introduced outfielder Tommy Harper to Boston. He spent 5 years with the Brewers, ending as excessive as fifth within the MVP voting in 1975, when he led the AL in homers (36) and RBI (109), earlier than returning to Boston with Bernie Carbo in 1976 in a deal that despatched Cecil Cooper to the Brewers.
His son, based on revealed stories, launched an NFT assortment, a kind of digital baseball playing cards, of his dad that has since gone darkish on the net.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”