Chapter 1: Who was Marina Calabro and what happened to her?
Marina Calabro was 84 years old. She was a retired hairdresser and the great aunt of Anthony Calabro. From what I hear, one of the sweetest ladies you could have ever met. She used to cook clean, give him as much money as he ever needed. Any possible worry that he could ever have, she took care of. She spoiled him. She was healthy. She was living. It wasn't her time.
December 19, 2001.
Chapter 2: What disturbing secret did Jason Weir reveal about Marina's death?
Anthony Calarbo had made a call to the Quincy police that he had come home and found his great aunt at the foot of the stairs dead. My name is Susan Corcoran, and I am the prosecutor in this case. When the investigators responded to Marina Calavero's house that night, they found her with her face down in a fetal position with blood coming from a head wound.
It looked from all appearances that she may have fallen. And for months after that, everyone believed that Marina Calavero had died as a result of an accidental fall down her stairs.
My name's Jim Rowe. Anthony Calabro was a friend of mine. Jason Ware was my close friend as well. I grew up with these people. We had a strong family-like relationship between all of us, a bond.
Chapter 3: How did Jim Morrell react to Jason's confession?
It was 10 months after the death that Jason told me a very disturbing secret. Jason said that Marina Calabro didn't really die on her own. She had some help from others. They made it look like an accident. I thought, how could this happen? I believed what everyone else did. I believed that she fell down the stairs. You know, it happens all the time. So you think, is it a hoax? Is it a joke?
Chapter 4: What evidence did the police find regarding Marina's death?
You never really think about what you would do until it actually happens to you. If I do go to the police, what is this going to do? What is this going to solve? The deed's already done. She's already dead. There's no bringing her back now. As horrible as it sounds or as horrible as they may seem, Anthony and Jason were my best friends. What would you do?
The Informer.
My biggest passion was music.
Chapter 5: How did Jim Morrell become a key witness in the case?
22-year-old Jim Morrell admits that what he used to consider good music... Basically electronic composing. ...certainly isn't everyone's cup of tea. A few years ago, his compositions were designed to shock, as was his band.
The name of my band was Electronic Kill Machine. The music was disturbing. It was a little on the aggressive side. At the same time, it was all in good fun. Nobody was really ever hurt from it.
Andy says it simply reflected the attitude of his crowd.
At the time, we thought we were untouchable.
Chapter 6: What was the defense's argument during the trial?
Do whatever we wanted, and there was not going to be any sorts of consequences for any of our actions.
Jim and his friends grew up in Norton, Massachusetts, a working class town near Boston.
Norton's not that big of a town. There's not much there.
His best friend was Jason Weir, who played drums in his band.
Jason was a little rebellious, a little bit more wild.
Another close friend, Anthony Calabro, was, informally, the manager.
He was just a regular average guy, you know.
And Tom Lally, who was a little older, just liked to hang out, eager to fit in.
Tom was a funny guy.
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Chapter 7: What were the outcomes for the three friends involved?
He was a really, really funny guy, which made it hard to fear Tom, but he wanted to be feared. Kind of a tough guy? Kind of a tough guy thing, but he was more of a goofy, just looking to go out and have a good time.
Their backgrounds made the four a perfect fit.
Whether it was a broken home or a troubled childhood, we were all just a little different, and that's why we really kind of just came together in this group of social misfits in some way or another, and we became kind of our own family.
In the summer of 2001, Anthony, then at odds with both parents, left Norton and moved into the Quincy home of his 84-year-old great-aunt Marina. She really loved this kid. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
With all her heart.
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Chapter 8: How did the case impact Jim Morrell’s life moving forward?
His aunt Donna Strassel was happy to hear the news.
The truth is I thought it was the best thing for him to be with Aunt Marina because Aunt Marina had morals, rules.
Marina only had recently retired as a hairdresser. She'd never married or had children of her own, and she doted on Anthony like a favored son.
Oh, God, she did everything for Anthony.
Dipping into her savings to support him. Whatever he wanted, he got.
Whatever he wanted, he got.
And whenever they pleased, Marina even let Anthony's friends crash at her house, a house which at 84, she still maintained herself.
She kept the inside of the house very well, climbed the stairs with no problems, out shoveled the snow. She was very healthy, very active.
But just days before Christmas in 2001, Marina Calabro's independent life came to a tragic end. Around 11 p.m., Anthony called the police to report that when he and Tom Lally had come home that night, they had found her dead, lying at the bottom of the stairs. The police took photos, but more or less as routine.
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