LOWELL — The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and Lowell Police are investigating the homicide of a lady who was fatally stabbed at her residence within the Highlands Sunday night time.
Linda Gilbert, 64, was discovered unresponsive with a number of stab wounds in her residence on Loring Street about 11:19 p.m. Sunday when Lowell Police responded to the scene, in response to a press launch from the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. She was later pronounced lifeless at Lowell General Hospital.
An post-mortem carried out Monday by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner decided Gilbert’s loss of life to be a murder.
Two homes, 71 and 65 Loring St., have been blocked off by police from Monday morning into the early night, and a number of other officers prevented vehicles from getting into the world. Local officers referred all remark to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.
The DA, in addition to Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to the workplace and Lowell Police, are investigating the homicide.
Gilbert is believed to have lived at 67-69 Loring St., a residence that sits behind 71 Loring St., in response to the Massachusetts Land Records database, which reveals she bought the property in 1992. Gilbert seems to have turned the house over — for $1 — to a different particular person in 2018 however seemingly nonetheless lived there on the time of her loss of life.
A resident of the neighboring Leroy Street, who requested to stay nameless, instructed The Sun their neighbor heard “somebody had died” late Sunday night time. They didn’t hear gunfire, solely noticing the heavy police presence, a number of hearth vehicles and a few detectives within the space.
“No gunshots, nothing,” they stated.
Gunfire was nonetheless on the minds of space residents after 20-year-old Nathaniel Fabian was gunned down simply up the highway close to 89 Loring St. on Oct. 13 final yr. Timmy Chan, 19, was indicted in December for Fabian’s homicide, which allegedly resulted from a battle Fabian had with an ex-girlfriend and others, together with Chan.
Other locals on Loring and Leroy streets reported they knew little in regards to the state of affairs Monday, solely waking as much as see the 4 or 5 police vehicles piled in entrance of Lowell Laundry Station.
Sonila Pich, who lives at 27 Leroy St., stated she works an evening shift and got here residence round 7 a.m. to see the yellow warning tape only a few yards from her home. Pich’s mom wakened round 4 a.m. however equally didn’t know what had occurred.
Pich pointed to 71 Loring St. and stated she had witnessed detectives strolling by to the again of the home early Monday.
“(They were) not in police uniform, like the FBI or something,” Pich stated. “I saw them going in and out, in and out.”
It is unclear whether or not any potential suspects have been recognized. A spokesperson for the DA stated there have been no expenses or arrests as of about 10:15 p.m. Monday.
Anyone with details about the circumstances of Gilbert’s loss of life are requested to name State Police at 781-897-6600 or Lowell Police at 978-937-3200.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”