LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) – John Carey, the convicted killer known as the Hamilton Strangler, will learn his fate Thursday in the death of a college student 40 years ago.
Carey, 67, was found guilty last month of first degree murder; the Essex County district attorney said a lead back in 2012 connected him to cold case murder of 20-year-old college student Claire Gravel, who was killed in June of 1986 while attending Salem State University (then College).
Her body was discovered in the woods in Beverly near Route 128.
Carey was already serving a 20-year prison sentence after he was convicted of trying to strangle another woman back in 2007.
Gravel’s family is scheduled to give victim impact statements before sentencing.
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