Salem State Student's 1986 Murder Mystery Ends with Life in Prison for Killer: "She Is Smiling Right now."

Salem State student’s 1986 murder mystery ends with life in prison for killer: ‘She is smiling right now.’

A man convicted of killing a college student in Massachusetts nearly 40 years ago will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Braintree man sentenced to life in prison for murdering Salem State student 40 years ago

Four decades after the victim was murdered at age 20, her family and friends shared statements in remembrance of her.

Man gets life sentence in 1986 strangling death of college student in Beverly - The Boston Globe

John William Carey received his sentence in Essex Superior Court for the slaying of Claire Gravel, a college student who was killed in June of 1986, according to legal filings.

Man sentenced for strangling Massachusetts college student to death with tank top in cold case killing

John Carey was sentenced to life in prison for the 1986 murder of Salem State University student Claire Gravel, a case solved nearly 40 years later through DNA evidence.

Salem State student's 1986 murder mystery ends with life in prison for killer: "She is smiling right now."

The man convicted of killing Salem State student Claire Gravel in Massachusetts nearly 40 years ago will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Man convicted in 1986 murder of Mass. college student sentenced

The man convicted of killing a Salem State University student nearly 40 years ago will spend the rest of his life in prison.