Sentenced to Life on Jury’s Request FAINTS AFTER VERDICT—Peter Makarewicz slumps unconscious in the arms of Deputy Sheriff Dell Turner, left, and Deputy Master Edwin H. Downs as he is led from Dedham Courthouse enroute to State Prison. Peter William Makarewicz, 16, was convicted at 6:02 last night of first-degree murder for the Nov. 4 … Continue reading Makarewicz Guilty In Slaying of Geraldine Annese-This Day in Norwood History-March 18, 1955
“I Didn’t Kill Her,” Says Peter-This Day in Norwood History-March 15, 1955
Norwood Youth Denies Confession DEDHAM, March 15—Peter Makarewicz took the stand today in his own defense on the eighth day of his first-degree murder trial. The slim, pale 16-year-old boy, under questioning by his attorney, Louis Goldstein, gave the court an hour-by-hour account of his activities on Nov. 4, the day on which the Commonwealth … Continue reading “I Didn’t Kill Her,” Says Peter-This Day in Norwood History-March 15, 1955