Home of Convicted Killer Dirk Greineder To Be Demolished

WELLESLEY, MA - The home shared by convicted killer Dirk Greineder and his wife is set to be torn down, closing the book on a painful chapter in Wellesley's history.

According to records from the town's building department, the single-family house at 56 Cleveland Road has been marked for demolition to clear the site for a new residence.

Fifteen years ago Greineder, a highly regarded allergist at Brigham & Women's Hospital, was found guilty of murdering his wife, Mabel, in the woods near their home on Halloween morning in 1999.

The crime shook the typically quiet community of Wellesley, which held the doctor in high regard.

Though prosecutors argued that was only one side of Greineder, who they say killed his wife out of fear she would expose his extra-marital affairs with prostitutes and obsession with pornography to his children and professional colleagues.

Mabel Greineder's body was found near Morses Pond, badly beaten with her throat cut; Dirk Greineder claimed the two had gotten separated during one of their early morning walks and she fell victim to an unknown assailant.

Greineder attempted to appeal his sentence in 2013, but his argument that he was denied his constitutional right to face his accuser was rejected by the Supreme Judicial Court.

Despite his sentencing, Greineder maintained control of his wife's estate before transferring ownership of the Cleveland Road home to the boyfriend of his youngest daughter for $1, according to the Boston Globe.