Doctor found dead in Boston apartment with fiancee was British
US - A high-flying Boston doctor found tied up and murdered alongside his fiancee was born in Britain.
Dr Richard Field, 49, and Dr Lina Bolanos, 38, who was from Colombia, both worked in the Massachusetts city as anaesthetists. They were found dead in their 11th-floor apartment on Friday night. Reports claim their throats had been cut. Bampumim Teixeira, 30, has been charged with their murders. On Monday, Teixeira’s lawyer entered not guilty pleas on his behalf at a hearing by the suspect’s hospital bed, where he is recovering after being shot three times by police. Field’s nationality has not yet been confirmed by the Foreign Office. However, according to local media reports, he was born in Hammersmith, west London, and the Massachusetts medical register said he had graduated from the University of Sheffield’s medical school in 1999. A Facebook profile in his name also states he was from the UK. According to the Suffolk county district attorney’s office, police went to investigate at the couple’s penthouse at the Macallen Building in South Boston at 8.40pm, after a call from the apartment block’s front desk. “The caller stated that another party had alerted him to a text requesting police notification for a ‘serious situation’ with a gunman in the victims’ apartment,” prosecutors said. Officers entered the apartment after finding keys on the floor near the front door. Inside they found Teixeira dressed all in black and wearing black gloves. Police opened fire, shooting Teixeira in the hand, abdomen and leg, before arresting him.
“The officers provided first aid to Teixeira outside the apartment, where he allegedly stated that another person would open fire on the officers if they went back inside,” prosecutors added. The victims’ bodies were found, alongside a knife and a rucksack full of jewellery, by a Swat team. Authorities have not said how Field and Bolanos were killed, but the Boston Globe, citing anonymous police sources, said their throats had been “slit”. On Monday, reporters, court clerks and lawyers joined a robed judge in Teixeira’s room at the Tufts medical centre to see him charged with murder. Teixeira, of Chelsea, north Boston, kept his eyes closed throughout the hearing. (Theguardian.com)