A 30 -year -old man accused of killing two men He was found behind a Walmart in Salem this week, according to court records.
Jay BlodgetA homeless man who lived in a wooded area behind the store was charged with two murders. The accusation is a procedural step that moves the case of blodget of the Salem District Court to the High Court of Essex.
No Blodget’s Supreme Court claim has been established.
Few details have been revealed about the murders, but prosecutors said that the two men found themselves hidden under dirt and other “materials”. Both had been stabbed and died of forceful trauma, said a prosecutor during Blodget’s demand in the district court.
Since then, murdered men have been identified as Andrew Ross Guempel41, from Arizona, and Jonathan Thompson42, by Oregon. One of the men was found by A man walking his dog on April 23. The officers who respond found the other man’s body on the same day.
The prosecutors say that Blodget “made the statements involved in the two killings” after being taken in police custody.
Michael Phelan, a lawyer representing Blodget, said he was “cordial” and “educated” in the initial conversations. Blodget “asked smart questions,” Phelan said, adding that he was planning to “definitely explore if there are [a] Mental health problem. “”
About a week before Guempel and Thomspon were found, Blodget was arrested for an order and charge, after police said he used a hacksaw to enter a storage container near the Walmart.
The woman who owned the container called Salem police around 19:30 on April 17. He told the police that he was in the container for some items, but he heard a noise inside.
Blodget then left the container and offered money to the woman and her husband, but they refused and called the police, according to court archives.
Although he had a hacksaw and therefore he was considered “dangerous”, Blodget had no other weapons and apologized to the officers, as he was put in handles at the scene.
“Blodget stated that he was expelled from the forest near Walmart and had no place to go,” they read the documents.
He had found the storage container while looking for some place to sleep, bought a hacksaw and cut off the locks, then brought a mattress and started “throwing things” to make room, the documents read. Some jewelry was also missing, which Blodget denied the dam and said he had thrown it out.
During Blodget’s arrest, police seized a green bicycle and won the Money Money documents, which amounted to more than $ 6,700.