Joseph Dugan

On July 08, 2010 at 12:16 a.m. Joseph Dugan, age 33, was shot one time in the head at close range in front of 11 Granite Street in the City of Taunton.

This is an active investigation with several strong leads being pursued. Investigators are requesting the public’s assistance with providing any information that may be related to this case in any way.

Debbie Greenlaw Perry DeMello

Debbie is a 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.

Debbie McConnell

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

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 found 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

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

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

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

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.

Robin Rhodes

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.

Sandra Botelho

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.

Ronald T. Brooks

On July 8, 2003 at approximately 10:35 PM, Mr. Brooks was present in the Navajo Court housing complex in New Bedford when he was shot and killed by a gunman in a passing motor vehicle.

Jonathan Butler

On January 29, 2005 at approximately 9:15 PM, Mr. Butler was shot and killed as he exited a vehicle at the Westlawn housing complex on Smith Street, New Bedford.

Bernadette S. DePina

Mrs. DePina was shot several times within her residence during the early morning hours of May 26, 2006. Her son, David Depina, was arrested for the shooting murder of Justin Barry in downtown New Bedford on May 21, 2006. A second shooter in Barry’s murder remains unidentified.

Joseph Downing

On May 3, 2003 at approximately 10:45 PM, Mr. Downing was found in his van shot to death at the Crossroads Apartments in Dartmouth.

Clinton Dunston

On October 5, 2004 at approximately 6:30 PM, Mr. Dunston was shot several times as he sat in a parked car outside of 63 South Sixth Street, New Bedford.

Antonio Frias

Antonio Frias was found shot to death on Jan. 30, 2005 in his friend’s Swansom Road home in Swansea.

Robert Greene

On April 24, 2004 at approximately 11:30 PM, Robert Greene was fatally shot as he stood outside his residence of 111 Smith Street, New Bedford. Shots were fired from within a motor vehicle at the intersection of Smith and Cottage Streets.

Cecil Lopes

On Halloween night (10/31/04) at approximately 8:25 PM, Lopes was shot to death while with several people outside of the United Front Housing project near Chancery and Kempton Streets.

James C. Marvel

On September 2, 2004 at approximately 4:30 PM, Marvel was found stabbed to death in his apartment at 8 Kilmer Avenue in Taunton.

Antonio J. Semedo

On June 18, 2006 at approximately 2:45 AM, Semedo was shot to death as he drove his car northbound along Rte. 18 at the South Second Street ramp. Several shots were fired from within another car as it passed Semedo’s car.

Raymond Andrade

On January 25, 2004 at approximately 6:15 p.m., Mr. Andrade was shot and killed on Griffin Street in New Bedford.

Suzanna Sanchez-Alvarado

On October 17, 2005 at approximately 3:30 a.m., Ms. Alvarado-Sanchez was found along the northbound lane of Route 88 in Westport. She had been beaten to death before being dumped in the breakdown lane.

Marilyn Roberts Cardoza

Marilyn Roberts Cardoza was 34-years-old when she went missing in June of 1988 in New Bedford. Her body has never been found.

Christina Monteiro

Christina Monteiro was 20-years-old when she went missing in July of 1988 in New Bedford. Her body was never found.

John Oliveira Jr

John Oliveira Jr. was shot and killed in Swansea in July of 2006. His case was the first of the "cold cases" to be solved. Derek Woollam was convicted of first degree murder in February, 2009.

Albert “Rocky” Lopes

On Sunday December 1, 2002 shortly before 3:00 AM, Albert “Rocky” Lopes was involved in a fight with a group of males outside of 94 Griffin Court in the Bay Village apartment area of New Bedford. The fight reportedly ended when one of the males in the group pulled out a handgun and fired multiple rounds at Lopes. Several residents called 911. The group of males fled on foot. Lopes was transported to St Luke’s Hospital where he succumbed to the gunshot wounds.

Dana Haywood

On Monday night July 4, 2005 at approximately 10:15 PM, the New Bedford Police responded to a report of gunshots on Russell Street in the area of Monty Park. Upon their arrival New Bedford Police discovered Dana Haywood located on the sidewalk across from #38 Russell Street. Haywood had been shot multiple times. He was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Alvis Dexter James

On March 30, 2003 at approximately 1:15 AM, Dexter James was shot and killed inside the Neutral Zone (Homeward Bound Lounge) at 1864 Purchase St in New Bedford. James was involved in a struggle with several other males when he was shot. Several witnesses observed the struggle and heard the gunshot.

Rose Moniz

On March 23, 2001 Rose Moniz was found by her father bludgeoned to death in her home at 3448 Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford.

Oranuch B. Sousa

On Saturday June 16, 2001 at approximately 1:30 PM, the body of Oranuch Sousa was discovered murdered in an open grassy field at the end of Griffin St. in Fall River.

Alberto “Tito” Gonzalez

Mr. Gonzalez was the victim of a drive-by shooting during the evening of November 20, 2003. Mr. Gonzalez was struck by one bullet to the back of his pelvis as he was walking near the intersection of Spruce and Hillmans streets in New Bedford. Three men were indicted for his murder in January of 2009.

Marni Larkin-Roy

Marni (Larkin) Roy went missing on March 4, 1986. Her body was eventually discovered in April, 1990 by recreational divers in a privately owned quarry on State Road in Dartmouth. She was 19 at the time of her disappearance.

In October of 2007, her former husband Robert Roy was arrested and indicted for the murder. Mr. Roy was convicted by a jury of his peers of First Degree Murder in February of 2010. He was sentenced to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Marcus Cruz

On September 9, 2001 at approximately 2:45 AM, Marcus Cruz was shot at the corner of Chancery and Kempton Streets. Mr. Cruz was located on the sidewalk behind a van. He was heard calling for help and for “Marcel.” Mr. Cruz was transported to St Luke’s hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Suzy Goulart

Suzy Goulart was stabbed to death inside her Pleasant View Fall River apartment in April of 2005.

In July of 2007, Jermaine Holley was arrested and indicted for her murder.

Thomas Picard

On January 7, 1989, the body of Thomas Picard was found frozen in the ice at Cook Pond in Fall River. Picard had been reported missing from Fall River on October 2, 1988. An autopsy revealed Picard had been murdered.

Peter Kenham

On July 26, 1995, Peter Kenham was found stabbed to death in his Tradewind Street, New Bedford, home. Mr. Kenham was found by a family member shortly after returning home from his daily morning walk.

Dawn Copeland

On June 26, 1988, a fisherman found Dawn Copeland's body in the Clark Cove body of water located at the New Bedford/Dartmouth border.

Jane Doe

The victim was found floating off of Popes Island Marina in New Bedford on October 30,1996. Her body was found wrapped in two green garbage bags and a white and teal wool blanket, the kind common to fishing boats. She was found by a maintenance worker at the Popes Island Marina. She was found at the marina within 24 hours of being dumped in the water and within 48 hours of being killed. Investigators believe the body might have been dumped in the water elsewhere, and that the current eventually pushed it to the dock.

Brian Tupaj

On Saturday, July 4, 1998, Fall River PD was dispatched to Albion and Lexington St in Fall River for a report of a gunshot. A male later identified as Brian Tupaj, DOB 2-4-74, was found lying on the street with a severe head injury. The victim was pronounced dead at Rhode Island Hospital at 5:31 a.m. Two males were seen running from the scene.

Eric Sullivan

On Wednesday October 29, 2008 at approximately 9:30 PM, Fall River Police responded to a report of an injured man down in need of medical attention at the intersection of Morgan Street and 5th Street. Eric Sullivan was transported to Rhode Island Hospital where he succumbed to a gunshot wound.

Ismael Martinez

On January 19, 1999, Ismael Martinez, DOB 10-3-71, was found lying in the hallway of 323 North Front Street in New Bedford with a gun shot wound. Martinez was transported to St Luke's Hospital and later pronounced dead.