Claire Gravel’s Killer Found Guilty 40 Years After Murder

Breakthrough in 1986 cold case as DNA identifies killer of Salem State student - The Boston Globe

John Carey was found guilty of first-degree murder in Essex Superior Court for killing Gravel on June 29, 1986, District Attorney Paul F. Tucker’s office said.

Claire Gravel’s killer found guilty 40 years after murder

Almost 40 years after Salem State student Claire Gravel was murdered, the person responsible has finally been brought to justice.

Suspect convicted in 40-year-old cold case

LAWRENCE — Nearly 40 years after Claire Gravel's body was found off the highway jurors convicted John Carey of strangling the 20-year-old North Andover woman who was attending Salem State College.

Salem State student’s killer convicted 40 years after her murder, prosecutors say

A man who was previously serving a sentence for attempted murder has been found guilty of killing the college student in 1986.

Man convicted of killing Salem State student in 1986

A man was found guilty Tuesday in the 1986 murder of a Massachusetts college student. John Carey, 66, was serving a 20-year sentence for trying to kill his neighbor by choking her in 2007 when he was charged with the murder of 20-year-old Claire Gravel of North Andover. Gravel, a student at Salem State College, was strangled with her tank top. Prosecutors with the Essex County District Attorney’s Office said a breakthrough came when testing foun…

66-year-old man convicted of murdering Massachusetts college student found dead on highway

In Essex County Superior Court in Lawrence Tuesday, a jury found John Carey, 66, guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of Claire Gravel on June 29, 1986, the Office of Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker confirms. The penalty for murder in the first degree is life withou