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Soon after
District Attorney Sam Sutter was sworn into
office in early 2007, he began creating a “Cold
Case Squad.”
The District
Attorney has pledged to make previously unsolved
homicides one of the top priorities in his
office. He has described the cold cases as “open
wounds” for families and the community.
To further his
goal of pinpointing cold cases that could be
solved, District Attorney Sutter has created a
team of talented prosecutors and state police
detectives with experience solving these kinds
of cases.
During just the
first year of this renewed effort to unsolved
homicides, the District Attorney’s Office has
brought charges in three cold case murders,
including one that dates back to 1986.
District Attorney
Sutter is committed to making every effort to
solve more of these cases, and as part of that
effort, has created this new web page to spur
more tips from the general public.
This page will be
routinely updated with more photos of unsolved
homicide victims and details about their
murders.
If you or anyone
you know has any information about these cases,
please contact us by calling our Unsolved
Homicide Tip Line at 1-866-SOLVE-07. Callers
can remain anonymous if they wish.
Thank you for
taking the time to help bring murderers to
justice.

Debbie Greenlaw Perry DeMello, white
female, from the
Brockton
area, went missing in early August,
1988. Her body was found by a Department
of Public Works employee on
November 7, 1988
on the ramp from
Reed
Road south
to 195 East. She worked in the
Weld
Square
area of
New
Bedford
as a prostitute and was known to have
lived with several different people in
the
Weld
Square
area.
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Debbie McConnell, from the Newport, RI
and Fall River area. It is believed she
went missing sometime in June of 1988.
Her body was found on Route 140
Northbound in Freetown on December 1,
1988 by a search dog. She worked the
Weld Square area of New Bedford as a
prostitute and was also known to
frequent bars on the lower end of County
Street. |
Debra Medeiros, from Fall River, went
missing in late May or early June of
1988. She was last seen in New Bedford.
Her body was ffound on July 3, 1988 on
Route 140 North in Freetown by a woman
who was walking in the woods. She also
worked the Weld Square area of New
Bedford as a prostitute. |

Dawn Mendes, from New Bedford, went
missing on September 4, 1988. She was
last seen leaving her home. Her body was
found on November 29, 1988 by a cadaver
dog on the ramp from Reed Road to Rte.
195 Westbound. She worked the Weld
Square area as a prostitute. |
Mary Santos, from New Bedford and
Freetown, went missing on July 15, 1988.
Her body was found on March 31, 1989 by
two boys who were walking along the
breakdown lane on Route 88 Southbound in
Westport, approximately 10 feet into a
wooded area. She worked the Weld Square
area of New Bedford and the downtown bus
terminal as a prostitute. |
Nancy Paiva, from New Bedford, went
missing on July 7, 1988. She was last
seen in the South End of New Bedford.
Her body was found on July 30, 1988 on
Rte. 195 Westbound in Dartmouth by two
men on motorcycles. She worked the lower
County Street area of New Bedford as a
prostitute and was also known to
frequent the bars in that section of the
city. |

Rochelle Clifford, from Falmouth and
areas on the Cape, had been living in
different homes and apartments in the
New Bedford area before her death. It is
believed she went missing in April of
1988. Her body was found on December 10,
1988 in a sand pit in Dartmouth by two
hunters. She worked the Weld Square area
of New Bedford as a prostitute.
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Robin Rhodes, from New Bedford, went
missing in late May of 1988. Her
body was found on March 28, 1989 on
Route 140 Southbound in Freetown by a
search dog. It is believed she
worked the bars as a prostitute in the
South End of New Bedford and out of her
home. She was also known to frequent
Magazine World in the Weld Square area
of New Bedford.
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Sandra Botelho, from New Bedford, went
missing on August 11, 1988. Her body was
found on April 24, 1989 on Route 195
Westbound in the town of Marion.
She worked the Weld Square area of New
Bedford and the upper Purchase Street
area as a prostitute.
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