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Amy Lord's final ride

Amy Lord getting out of her own SUV

Surveillance photo provided by BPD, which blurred Lord's face.

Officials today released some details of what they said was one of Amy Lord's final hours before her murder yesterday in Hyde Park.

According to police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, Lord, 24, was kidnapped in her own car early yesterday. Bank records then show her making several withdrawals from ATMs from Andrew Square south through Dorchester between 6 and 6:47 a.m.: East Boston Savings Bank, 501 Southampton St., Metro Credit Union, 1071 Massachusetts Ave., Bank of America, 555 Columbia Rd., Sovereign Bank, 585 Columbia Rd. and Citizens Bank, 217 Adams St.

Lord, a 2011 graduate of Bentley College, had already been reported as missing - after she failed to show for a morning appointment - when a bicyclist found her body in Stony Brook Reservation, near the intersection of Enneking Parkway and W. Smithfield Road around 4 p.m.

At a press conference this afternoon, DA Dan Conley said:

Based on investigators' observations at the scene and other evidence gathered during the past 24 hours, we believe Ms. Lord was abducted in South Boston early yesterday morning and taken to Stony Brook, where she was fatally stabbed.

As we do in any violent crime, investigators are looking for any pattern that might help us identify the perpetrator or links to other cases. This includes a review of other assaults on women in Boston, and particularly South Boston, during the past 24 hours, but at this point we aren't in a position to link Ms. Lord's homicide with any other offense. As of this hour, no one has been charged in connection with her death.

Police say they released the photo in the hopes any body who saw Lord and her killer at one of their stops would come forward. Witnesses can contact homicide detectives at 617-343-4470 or the anonymous tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or by texting TIP to CRIME (27463).

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look at that picture: She's the only one out of the car, there are cars around... why not run? This allegedly happened 5 times, and she didn't run? I don't get it. Something's not adding up.

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I thought the same thing. Of course, there is no telling what the situation was.

TONS of prayers for the victims and their families.

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If you notice he's right up on Sidewalk probably next to door of ATM.I know at least One of the ATM is a drive thru

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The bank's ATM in that picture is located on the outside of the building. It was only steps away.

He took her to five different banks but if you look at the map of her route you can see that he is not driving around aimlessly. This route looks like it had been planned ahead of time. The East Boston Savings Bank in Andrew Square was developed to cater to drive-in patrons. Although it is right there in a busy square it appears to be situated behind a maze of fencing. The next bank the Metro CU appears to be a drive thru. Also it would have been quicker to drive through the South Bay mall but he drives west all the way down Southampton Street until it reaches Mass Ave and then drives east on Mass Ave -this puts him on the correct side of the street for the Metro CU. His route appears to be designed to avoid having to take a left turn into on-going traffic at certain banks -the route to Metro CU and then the legal U-turn on Columbia Rd to go in the right direction. Why???

His last bank is a Citizen's Bank in Dorchester. There was a Citizens Bank on Columbia Rd across the street from the Bank of America and Sovereign Bank. Although it appears he wanted (5) different banks -he still wanted a particular branch of each bank,

Also did he drive the car back to South Boston because he had to get back to his car he had left behind? There is a back way into that project where the car was found it is off Dorchester Ave. which is just up the street from Andrew Square and the first bank - East Boston. Also the streets in that housing development are a maze of one-way streets. The back entrance would have out him on the corner of Sterling Square and Logan Way.

This methodical behavior appears to be quite different than the man who was attacking and stabbing random women in South Boston.

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Or he just drove the car back to the Southie project because that's where is dealer was located. Remember the cops shot a heroin dealer a couple weeks ago in those same projects

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You write "Remember the cops shot a heroin dealer a couple weeks ago in those same projects." The question is did the killer leave the car there because he thought the public would remember that recent event and conclude to that it was some junkie who had done this to this poor girl?

If the opposite is true, i.e., it was some strung out junkie looking for money for dope, would he have taken the time to set the car on fire. The priority of this killer was to get rid of evidence vs. connecting with his dealer for a fix.

Also, if he was covering his tracks (fire) why would her leave the car in an area that could be connected to him -i.e., his dealer lived in the projects? Don't you think the cops would be rounding up every known dealer in that area in order to determine if someone had made a purchase off them that morning?

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In response to the comment analyzing the route that he took to the various ATMs... While I think you raise some interesting points... For example, pointing out the fact that the majority of the banks are drive thru, decreasing the chances she had to be out of the car and run helps me to understand my she didn't make a break for it. I don't think the police or anyone, outside of those that were in the car, know the actual route they drove... I think the map above was created by entering all the locations and google maps (or similiar program) displayed the 'fastest route' or whatever. Also, I believe the 'person of interest' who has already been arrested in the other assault case lived in the projects where he car was found. They are currently under construction, with several streets shut down etc. I bet he knew the best place to dump the car, not visible from the main streets, from which he could run away from easily and unseen... ( I don't think last weeks shooting/arrest had anything to do with it../ police had arrested a 21year old kid from Braintree for selling crack at the time of the shooting)

Regardless, I really hope they have the right guy in custody and we, as a neighborhood can but this behind us. Amy and her family are in my prayers.

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Maybe she didn't know what else to do? Perhaps she thought "He just wants my money, don't run, he might shoot me."

I dunno...

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Maybe she um...I don't know, was scared 'crap'less. She probably hadn't thought it through before it happened.

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We don't have all the information.

Regardless, she is not to blame for being murdered. Remember that.

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I agree. Enough with the Monday morning quarterbacking. The person(s) who did this to her had all her vital info. They knew were she lived, they had her car, her address. It's so unfair to second guess what a person did in such a tragic situation. Maybe she thought they would let her go if she just did what they wanted. I don't know how I would have reacted.

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This whole carjacking thing sort of sounds familiar - including the ATM withdrawls: http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/04/25/carjack...

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Nope, thought of the same thing--mainly the difference in the victims' reactions.

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I agree. Enough with the Monday morning quarterbacking. The person(s) who did this to her had all her vital info. They knew were she lived, they had her car, her address. It's so unfair to second guess what a person did in such a tragic situation. Maybe she thought they would let her go if she just did what they wanted. I don't know how I would have reacted.

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This is just awful. And I know we need more information. However..

Sometimes people don't run because of fear, however a good chunk of the time its a syndrome victims take. Its like Stockholm Syndrome. The victim becomes just entranced either out of sheer fear OR just in submission of their assailant. You just become on auto pilot and just don't think.

I'm not saying this is what happened or if this is good or bad, but it does happens. You just become in a trance of sorts with your assailant and become more "do" than "think, then do".

(for the love of cheese, I wish I could remember the actual name of the syndrome, there is a name for it, but I'm drawing a blank)

This kind of reminds me of a story I saw on one of those news magazine shows, where several victims just got in a weird auto-pilot trance with their assailant where the assailant had some control over them and their actions. Apparently, they just got approached by a man (who they can't describe), he got them in a trance, then got them to withdrawal hundreds of dollars out of several ATM's across Manhattan. And then the assailant drops them on a street corner and walks away. And then the victim 'wakes up'. They remember doing it but just did it and had no remorse or feelings about doing so about doing so. Like they hypnotized but not quite that. Just control. No think. Just do.

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I believe you're describing this drug.

http://www.vice.com/vice-news/colombian-devil-s-br...

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My second part "the story" sounds like that.. but if this was true (about my story), how did they get the drug into them?

I know the first part of my post is a real syndrome. Still having a brain fart on what the real term of it is called.

Thanks for the link.. I love Vice for this reason. Good stuff on there. Will def watch later at home.

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What you are referring to is the "Stockholm Syndrome" The three women they just found in Ohio that were held captive for decades - they too suffered from this syndrome...

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I CANNOT (and yet, revoltingly, can) believe that you're blaming her for being murdered with such a careless, grossly speculative comment. Actually think about what you're saying. Imagine if she was your daughter, friend, sibling.

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if she tried to run he would come after her and kill her but claimed if she did what he said he would let her go? So she figured, not unreasonably, the guy was just after money and the best thing to do was follow instructions?

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my wife came up with for her seeming submission is that he might have threatened that if she ran off at any of the banks, he would go back and hurt her roommates

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She was traumatized. He beat her. He may have threatened her family. Don't judge victims. You don't know what you would do in her place.

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Based on the description of the crime, are the police saying that she was carjacked? If not, then it sounds like someone she had in her apartment with her kidnapped her.

I have to say, as a woman who lived not far from where Amy Lord was abducted when I was her age, I find the situation horrifying. Prayers for her family.

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Instead of focusing on what the victim should or shouldn't have done, why don't banks use their technology to help prevent tsuch incidents? Simply give customers the option of an alarm PIN code, which would appear to work like any other pin code except it would also send an alarm to any police in the vicinity, which could include a photo of the victim and details of her vehicle.

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it would be so easy (tech speaking) to make everyone's backwards-pin be an emergency code - still completes transaction, but sends alert to local police.

But who would pay to write the code and maintain it? To make sure the system worked, and who would be responsible if it failed? I bet that's what's gotten in the way of banks doing anything like this.

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The sickening tales of Flemmi and Bulger, combined with this despicable act, have got me thinking about the death penalty again. I hate to admit it, but I can't think of any good reason why some criminals should be allowed to live.

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There are a many, many murderers deserving of death that I would be happy to personally dispatch.

I don't support the death penalty because the government and the courts screw up. A LOT.

I would rather every monster spend their remaining life in a little box than see an innocent person killed by the state.

Illinois repealed their death penalty for this exact reason.

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/09/134394946/illinois-a...

This following isn't directed at you, just a general observation:

Most who (rightly imo) rail against the competency and size of the government have a blind spot when it comes to the courts, police and military. For some reason they see those agents of the government as being infallible.

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I don't support the death penalty because the government and the courts screw up. A LOT.

And defense teams also free a lot of guilty parties and send them back on the streets, where they repeat offend. A LOT. And defendants in death penalty trials also get a lot of bites at the apple, be it through multiple appeals, well meaning legal students and organizations like The Innocence Project, etc.

I would rather every monster spend their remaining life in a little box than see an innocent person killed by the state.

Me, too. Except that they don't. Criminals have it pretty good in this country, even those on Death Row. Access to healthy meals and top notch medical care, Cable TV, fitness centers, internet and libraries (and even taxpayer-funded sex change operations, although he/she isn't on Death Row). Show me the "little box" and I become less interested in the death penalty.

And the reality is that there are far more dangerous felons freed than there are innocents jailed, in spite of the media and Hollywood's portrayals. If you can match up one imprisoned innocent to every ten felons that will ultimately be freed by, say Annie Dookhan's shenanigans, I would be surprised.

And the following isn't directed at you, just a general observation:

If indeed guilty of the murders for which they're charged, the failure of the poor and minorities to avail themselves of exonerating legal loopholes the way their wealthier, murdering counterparts are often able to do, is not an indictment of Capital Punishment. The OJ verdict wasn't a victory for anyone (again, murder, but not necessarily death penalty, but you get my point).

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the failure of the poor and minorities to avail themselves of exonerating legal loopholes the way their wealthier, murdering counterparts are often able to do, is not an indictment of Capital Punishment.

Except that it is.

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Your bias (or worse) is showing: leaving out the beginning of Zapatas' statement in your quote completely guts it and turns around the message to support your view. Let's fix that, shall we?

If indeed guilty of the murders for which they're charged, the failure of the poor and minorities to avail themselves of exonerating legal loopholes the way their wealthier, murdering counterparts are often able to do, is not an indictment of Capital Punishment.

And you say that this is an indictment of the d.p. Nice version of equality and justice you have: a system is broken if it doesn't allow poor and/or minorities freedom in spite of guilt, just because their white and/or wealthy counterparts achieve the same. Wouldn't it be nicer if the white and/or wealthy didn't walk when they're guilty, instead of thinking justice is somehow served by allowing all to walk equally? Confusing to me, but then again, I have trouble identifying with the criminal apologist mindset.

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You presented no facts, merely assertions.

I was discussing the death penalty; not felons, drug crimes or conviction rates for crimes other than capital murder. They are very different things, none of which were the subject of my comment.

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Funny, you didn't cite any facts either, just assertions. And an article citation. That's just lazy, pointing to another's article to do your legwork for you.

And felons, drug crimes, and conviction rates are all related enough to support the point that Zapatas is making, IMHO.

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Get a grip dude. You want to talk about felons and such, knock yourself out. I already pointed out that I'm not discussing that and if you can't see the difference between the two subjects there is really no point in engaging you anyway.

I'm lazy because I used a published article by a reputable news source to back up my point? What planet are you from? This is the internet dude, not a three credit class.

Troll harder!

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You're lazy because the NPR article, your one citation, doesn't do much to support the case you are making about the fallibility of the death penalty. There's one line there about "by a justice system that had wrongly condemned 13 men," with no specifics. Were they really wrongly condemned, or were they actual murderers whose lawyers got them off? How many babies were thrown out with the bathwater? The article mostly discussed various governors' views on the d.p., and provided stats on criminals on death row. [You know, governors like George Ryan, who started the Illinois d.p. moratorium and was recently released after more than five years in federal custody for wide-ranging corruption offenses. Oh, and [gasp], he's a Republican.]

Again, nothing to support your statement of the fallibility of the system. Which is fine, but it sorta makes you a hypocrite for your charge that my post had no facts, just assertions. Better a troll than a hypocrite (and wrongly informed), I guess.

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It's obvious you are speaking from a point of ignorance on the subject.

If you are really interested in learning about the subject you could actually educate yourself instead of trolling.

Here's a start for you:

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-list-tho...

http://www.aclu.org/capital-punishment/question-in...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Maye

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It's obvious you are speaking from a point of ignorance on the subject.

Oh, I must be, having asked you to provide citations for your mere assertions after you did the exact same thing re. my mere assertions. Or am I one of those people who is ignorant because I don't share your point of view? Either way, it seems like you are speaking from the point of view of an elitist prick.

You can find some of my references here, a site that no less biased than your ACLU cite:

http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/

Over and out.

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nt

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Is there another suffix besides "pro" that would make a website even more biased?

How about:

www.ultraprodeathpenalty.com

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You mean, kind of like the bias around "pro-choice?" I'm guessing www.prochoice.com doesn't get the same laughs from you.

An organization with a name or website like "The Innocence Project" or "American Civil Liberty Union" doesn't made the agenda any less biased than prodeathpenalty.com. Just cuter sounding.

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If you told me www.prochoice.com had an ubiased opinion towards abortion the same way www.abortioninfo.com would.

I mean, the damn suffix "pro" means you support the damn thing! You can still be for the death penalty and support the innocence project, and you can still be for the restriction of some liberties if you support the ACLU.

But it is going to be tough to say you are pro life if you agree with the website www.prochoice.com.

Hey, I agree some of these sites try to make themselves sound cute with their names. Look at infowars.com, those guys aren't interested in any info.

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My take:

Regardless of whether I think someone should, I believe it is never the right of the government to do so

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Because sometimes we're wrong and kill innocent people. Life in prison without parole is much harder.

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Isn;t there a daily cap on the amount of money you can withdraw from an ATM? Would she have been withdrawing money from numerous debit and credit cards?

If there is a $ daily withdrawal cap, I wonder if it was someone she knew who was trying to make it appear that her death was associated with a robbery? Most people going to the gym would limit the number of debit/credit cards on them.

There is a gym down from Andrew Square that has early morning (6:00 am) aerobic classes. If the person knew her, her would know her routine. Could have been waiting for her in the parking lot. If it was Gold's Gym -it is not located in a residential section of SB

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There is usually something like a $200 cap per ATM, hence travelling to multiple ATMs.

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I wondered the same thing about the ATMs. Why wouldn't he take all of her money out at one time? Then I remembered times when I needed more than the daily limit. I would just get the limit and end transaction then do another one and it let me take the limit again. But I'm not sure how often you can do that. The next thing I wondered was does it even matter? The video is heartbreaking, her with her sweet pink shoes. All I could think of when I saw it was "Run, Amy! For God's sake, there's people around,you can get away! Please just RUN!". I have a daughter her age and I can't get Amy's image out of my mind. He didn't have to kill her-she did what he said.I cannot imagine her parents seeing the video of her last minutes, and them hoping for a different ending whenever they see it.So very tragic.

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Gee You En. And the right to use it.

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She would have been better off being shot to death with a convenient gun?

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Of course we have no idea what went on in the car, or in Amy's mind while it was going on. The ATM thing was weird. You do have a limit you can withdraw in a day. Was he having her take out smaller amounts at each site? Why wouldn't he have her take everything out of one machine? I guess there are unanswered questions but then again, do they even matter? Watching the video this morning I just kept pleading "Run Amy...please run! There's people all around-run for help, don't get back in that car no matter what-RUN!" She could have been my daughter.It's beyond Acionheartbreaking.

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"acionheartbreaking"? That's not what I wrote.

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The Globe reports.

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which could be an entranceway not in (and maybe not really near) her apartment.

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