Former Holliston Man Seeks Freedom After Murdering His Family

NATICK - A former Holliston man who has served more than two decades in prison for the 1992 brutal murders of his wife and two young children will ask the Parole Board this month to set him free.

Kenneth Seguin, 60, is scheduled to appear before the Parole Board on March 21 to argue for his release from prison after 25 years behind bars for the triple slaying.

Seguin was convicted of three counts of second-degree murder on Feb. 4, 1993 for the April 28, 1992 murder of his wife Polly, son Danny and daughter Amy. Police said Seguin took the children for a drive, then gave them sleeping pills, waited for them to lose consciousness and slit their throats.

He then submerged their bodies in a pond in Franklin.

When he returned home, he found his wife asleep and lay beside her for two to three hours. Then he got an ax and killed her with one blow to the head. After dumping her body into the Sudbury River in nearby Southborough, he slashed his wrist.

He would have died, the defense said, if two fishermen had not found him, police said.

Second-degree murder carries a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole. So far that has been elusive for Seguin.

After his 2013 appearance before the board, members were unanimous in their denial.

"After careful consideration of all relevant facts, including the nature of the underlying offense, the views of the public as expressed at the hearing or in written submissions to the board, the inmate's criminal history, institutional record and program involvement while incarcerated, we conclude the inmate is not a suitable candidate," the board wrote in its unanimous decision.

At his 1993 trial, Seguin was portrayed as despondent over the death of his father-in-law, pressures at work and the failure of a six-month effort to build the family's dream house, according to published reports.
His defense attorneys argued that Seguin was under the delusion that he could save his family only by killing them and himself and reuniting in heaven.

But then prosecutor David Meier argued that Mr. Seguin's behavior showed premeditation ,including his leaving a coherent but evasive message for his wife on their answering machine while on his way to kill the children, according to published reports. He also cleaned up carefully after the slayings and lied to the police after he was found, the prosecutor said.