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Holyoke man sentenced to life in prison for 2022 murder of police witness

Summary by Mass Live
SPRINGFIELD — A Holyoke man convicted of killing a police witness and dumping his body in the Connecticut River will serve life in prison, a Hampden Superior Court judge ordered Friday morning.Elijah Melendez, 24, will serve 30-plus years behind bars at Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley for the retaliatory killing of Elis Vizcarrondo.

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Holyoke man sentenced to life in prison for 2022 murder of police witness

SPRINGFIELD — A Holyoke man convicted of killing a police witness and dumping his body in the Connecticut River will serve life in prison, a Hampden Superior Court judge ordered Friday morning.Elijah Melendez, 24, will serve 30-plus years behind bars at Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley for the retaliatory killing of Elis Vizcarrondo.

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Mass Live broke the news in Springfield, United States on Friday, May 1, 2026.
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