Murders in Groton: When Tragedy Comes to a Quiet Town

Part One: The Quadruple Homicide on Common Street

Groton, Massachusetts, is known for its rolling farmland, historic homes, elite schools, and quiet New England charm. For generations, it has been a place where families built their lives believing they had found peace.

On September 8, 2017, that peace was shattered.

Inside a home on Common Street, four people were brutally killed in one of the deadliest family homicides in recent Massachusetts history. The victims—Elizabeth Lackey, Frank Lackey, Elizabeth Krause, and home health aide Bertha Mae Parker—were attacked in a place where they should have been safest.

In this episode of Murders in Massachusetts, we go beyond the headlines to examine the events leading up to that tragic day, the frantic p ...