Man kills stepdaughter, 16, in Acton he was previously accused of raping then kills self, police say

A man abducted his stepdaughter before killing the teenager and himself in Acton on Thursday, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office.

Acton police were notified just after 4 p.m. that Juliano Santana, 49, had apparently abducted his 16-year-old stepdaughter. Santana’s probation officer used information from a GPS monitoring device to determine his location, officials said.

Officers responded to a parking lot on Great Road outside the victim’s home. Both Santana and the girl were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds in his vehicle. Police believe Santana abducted her as she was walking on Great Road near her home after school. Evidence suggests that he shot her and then himself in the car, according to Ryan’s office.

Santana was the subject of a pending criminal case involving his stepdaughter. On Sept. 7, 2021, she reported to authorities that Santana had sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions. He was arrested and arraigned that day on six counts of aggravated child rape.

Bail was set at $30,000 with conditions that he wear a GPS device and stay away from the girl and anyone under the age of 18. She also had an active restraining order against Santana. The trial for that case was scheduled to begin on July 29.

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