LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are now saying that the 15-year-old suspect in the brutal killing of a Lawrence teenager deliberately misled investigators.
Matthew Borges was arrested, and is being tried as an adult for the murder of his classmate.
Police have been criticized by the victim’s family for not acting quickly enough with the investigation.
Police believe Borges decapitated Lee Manuel Violria-Paulino and dumbed his body in the Merrimack River.
Paulino had been missing for a week before his body was found by the river.
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