The 27-year-old suspect in the double homicide investigation of a couple in their 70s in Marshfield allegedly lived with the victims, according to court documents obtained by CBS News.
Authorities continue to search on Thursday for Christopher Keeley, of Weymouth, who is the suspect in the alleged double homicide of Carl and Vicki Mattson in their Gotham Hill home. Police discovered their bodies on Tuesday, but court documents state that the couple likely died last week, CBS News reported.
Several court documents, including the application for a criminal complaint, affidavit and search warrant in the investigation into Keeley, were impounded by a judge on Thursday. MassLive did not have access to the court documents cited in the CBS News article.
Associate Justice Shelby Smith of Massachusetts District Court wrote that the documents will be unsealed once Keeley is arrested and brought before the court in her order impounding the documents.
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Plymouth County District Attorney spokesperson Beth Stone told MassLive that Keeley has not been arrested as of Thursday afternoon. State Police said the 2009 Jeep Wrangler that Keeley allegedly used to flee the Mattson’s home was found empty on Wednesday afternoon. The Jeep had belonged to the couple and was recovered by police in an Avon parking lot.
According to the court documents, the Mattson couple were found in their home with evidence of a struggle including an overturned bookcase. The documents further state that it was a friend of Keeley’s who reportedly called the police for a wellness check on the home, and that Keeley had been asked to leave the couple’s home, the outlet reported.
The documents describe how Keeley told a friend that an argument over a barking dog led to the attack on the Mattsons, CBS reported. Keeley had reportedly expressed feeling fearful that he would end up homeless after a woman in Weymouth also threw him out of her home and that he had recently felt urges to hurt people, including the couple, the outlet reported.
On Thursday, the Plymouth District Attorney’s Office said in an announcement that a dog missing from the home was located deceased inside the home.
Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz described Keeley as “armed and dangerous” at a press conference on Wednesday. Marshfield Police Chief Phil Tavares said that Keeley may have changed his hair color to red following the suspected homicide.
“This was not a random act of violence, this appears to be a targeted attack against these two individuals,” Cruz said. He described the couple as found “bludgeoned and stabbed” after police responded to a wellness check call on Tuesday evening.
Cruz said Keeley has a history of mental health issues and he has “prior involvement with the court system” but he did not offer any specifics.
A be on the lookout (BOLO) alert by Massachusetts State Police listed his last known address as 1088 Pleasant St. in Weymouth. He is described as white with blue eyes, approximately 5 feet, 7 inches tall and 140 pounds.
Massachusetts State Police and the Marshfield Police Department were called to the Gotham Hill Drive home at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night. Detectives were searching the home for hours and the members of the Medical Examiner’s Office arrived early Wednesday morning.
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The investigation is ongoing and Cruz encouraged anyone with information about Keeley’s whereabouts to contact the police.
“Anyone who sees KEELEY or has information on his whereabouts is asked to contact State Police Trooper Cali Gately at 774-434-5999 or Marshfield Police Detective Tim Chiappini at 774-380-4289, or simply call 911,” state police wrote in a statement.
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