Overhaul of Boston murder unit improved murder clearance rate
Richard Coyne couldn’t sleep. At first, it hadn’t seemed real: His mother, Barbara, couldn’t have been slashed to death by an intruder in their South Boston home in April 2012. He couldn’t have found her as she lay bleeding. She couldn’t be gone.
But after a few days, it hit him, and he spent nights snapped wide awake. Meanwhile, Boston police detectives fanned out across the city, searching for the killer.
The homicide unit was four months into a major overhaul: it had just added investigators, expanding by more than a third. Detectives had more support from civilian staff, including a crime analyst. They were receiving more training, and more technology.
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