A Massachusetts man is facing a murder charge in connection with the stabbing death of his great aunt in Lowell, according to authorities. The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office announced Sunday that 22-year-old Rayshawn Settles, of Lowell, was arrested Saturday without incident at the Saint’s Campus of Lowell General Hospital. Settles had been civilly held at the hospital since Aug. 1. According to the DA’s Office, surveillance video and DNA evidence tied Settles to the July 31 death of 64-year-old Linda Gilbert, also of Lowell. On July 31, Lowell police responded to a house on Loring Street shortly before 11:20 pm Sunday after receiving reports of an unresponsive woman inside. Gilbert was found inside the home with apparent trauma and transported to Lowell General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Gilbert’s death de ella to be a homicide and that the cause of her death de ella was multiple stab wounds. Authorities said investigators were able to find surveillance video of Settles, Gilbert’s grand-nephew, walking to and from the Loring Street home around the time of the murder. Investigators were also able to find clothing Settles allegedly wore during the murder. Testing at the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory found that those clothes had Gilbert’s DNA on them. Settles is expected to be arraigned Monday in Lowell District Court. The case was investigated by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, state police detectives assigned to the DA’s Office and Lowell police.
A Massachusetts man is facing a murder charge in connection with the stabbing death of his great aunt in Lowell, according to authorities.
The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office announced Sunday that 22-year-old Rayshawn Settles, of Lowell, was arrested Saturday without incident at the Saint’s Campus of Lowell General Hospital. Settles had been civilly held at the hospital since Aug. 1.
According to the DA’s Office, surveillance video and DNA evidence tied Settles to the July 31 death of 64-year-old Linda Gilbert, also of Lowell.
On July 31, Lowell police responded to a house on Loring Street shortly before 11:20 pm Sunday after receiving reports of an unresponsive woman inside.
Gilbert was found inside the home with apparent trauma and transported to Lowell General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Gilbert’s death to be a homicide and that the cause of her death was multiple stab wounds.
Authorities said investigators were able to find surveillance video of Settles, Gilbert’s grand-nephew, walking to and from the Loring Street home around the time of the murder.
Investigators were also able to find clothing Settles allegedly wore during the murder. Testing at the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory found that those clothes had Gilbert’s DNA on them.
Settles is expected to be rooted Monday in Lowell District Court.
The case was investigated by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, state police detectives assigned to the DA’s Office and Lowell police.
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