Alleged crime scene Malafemmena raised from Pier 7 in Boston on September 27, 1983
Photo from the Boston Herald
Authorities alleged Leonard Paradiso murdered Joan Webster on the Malafemmena and dumped her body in Boston Harbor.
Court records affirm the Malafemmena, the alleged crime scene for Joan's murder did not exist when Joan Webster disappeared on November 28, 1981.
CR 85-010-S was the Federal Bankruptcy Case, The United States of America v. Leonard J. Paradiso. Count C involved the alleged crime scene, the Malafemmena. Judge Bruce Selya affirmed the boat did not exist by August 1981 when Paradiso filed for bankruptcy, nearly four months before Joan disappeared.
George Webster, father of the victim, was aware of CR 85-010-S.
Joan's remains surfaces more than 30 miles from the alleged scene of the crime and not disposed of in Boston Harbor.
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"He got her on board his boat, sexually assaulted her, killed her, striking her in the head with a blunt object, and then took her out in the Boston Harbor area, sunk her body, and then brought his boat back into the Pier 7 area and cleaned it up and sunk it two days later."
Tim Burke TV Channel 4 WBZ Boston November 1987
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"If she did go on the boat, she was attacked by Paradiso, and she was murdered on that boat, and her body was disposed of from that boat."
Trooper Andrew Palombo TV Channel 4 WBZ Boston November 1987
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Certified Court Records
National Archives in Waltham, MA
CR 85-010-S pertaining to the Malafemmena
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Case CR 85-010-S Title Page Volume I
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CR 85-010-S Title Page Volume II
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CR 85-010-S Pages 128 and 129 Volume II
Judge Bruce Selya affirms the Malafemmena did not exist by August 1981 on April 9, 1985.
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CR 85-010-S Title Page Sentence Hearing
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CR 85-010-S Sentencing Page 4
George Webster submitted letters to the DOJ, and the prosecutor presented the letters to the court for case CR 85-010-S on May 10, 1985.
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CR 85-010-S Sentencing Page 5
George Webster letters marked as evidence in CR 85-010-S on May 10, 1985.
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Beverly Times April 23, 1990
Skull discovered on Chebacco Road in Hamilton, MA on April 18, 1990.
Authorities discovered the full grave on April 26, 1990.
Medical examiners identified the skeletal remains of Joan Webster on April 30, 1990.
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Chebacco Road Hamilton, MA
Location where Joan Webster's remains surfaced on April 18, 1990.
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