Stabbing In Broad Daylight, Accused Man Arraigned in Boston

BOSTON, MA — A Boston man was ordered held without bail at his arraignment today in the South End stabbing that claimed the life of 50-year-old Edward Sanchez on Tuesday, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Jeremy Correa, 31 was arraigned Thursday in Roxbury Municipal Court on a charge of murder. At the request of Assistant District Attorney Tara Burdman of the DA’s Homicide Unit, Judge David Weingarten ordered Correa held without bail. He was held on a probation violation stemming from an earlier unrelated conviction.

Burdman told the court that a security camera captured a man later identified as Correa approach Sanchez in the area of Southampton and Atkinson streets around noon Tuesday and have a brief conversation. As Sanchez begins to walk away, Correa can be seen moving to strike Sanchez in the leg.

Sanchez attempted to run but fell against a parked car, then continued to run across the street until he collapsed. He was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.

Security cameras captured Correa’s movements as he walked from Southampton Street and onto Topeka Street, then a short time later as he ran past the area of the stabbing and toward Massachusetts Avenue, prosecutors said.

Correa was identified by a Boston Police Cadet who viewed images of the assailant distributed within the department, by witnesses to the stabbing, and by a staff member at a homeless shelter who was familiar with Correa.

Officers located Correa in the area of East Lenox Street and Harrison Avenue yesterday morning; at the time, he was wearing clothing consistent with that worn at the time of the attack. Following his arrest, a large knife with reddish-brown stains on the blade was located on the sidewalk near where he had been sitting, prosecutors said.

Correa returns to court June 25.

"I commend the Homicide Unit detectives for their quick action; their diligence in the first hours after the incident allowed them to make this arrest of a very dangerous suspect," said Boston Police Commissioner William Evans in a statement.

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