Our Cases In The News
Links to some of Bates & Riordan, LLP cases in the news.
Bates & Riordan, LLP In the News
Our cases are frequently in the news. On this page you’ll find attorney interviews, film documentaries on our cases, and other press coverage of our cases in the news.
Interviews
- January 6, 2020: Channel 25 Boston interview of Attorney Theodore Riordan on the appeal of Daniel Tavares’ conviction for a 1988 cold case murder.: https://www.boston25news.com/news/mass-man-convicted-killing-4-asking-sjc-overturn-conviction-claims-confession-was-false/4OGLWB7YIFFVTISLQYRRY5ZYBE/
- Photo gallery of Attorneys Theodore & Deborah Riordan in the Barnstable Superior Court, at the Supreme Judicial Court’s special sitting in Barnstable County on October 2, 2019: https://www.capecodtimes.com/photogallery/CC/20191002/PHOTOGALLERY/100209991/PH/1
- Attorney Theodore Riordan’s comments to boston.com after convincing the Supreme Judicial Court to strike down unconstitutional law: https://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/29/234_sex_offenders_eligible_for_gps_monitor_review/
- Patriot Ledger article on Attorney Theodore Riordan being named a Massachusetts Attorney of the Year by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: https://www.patriotledger.com/x640763356/Quincy-lawyer-makes-a-name-for-himself
- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2009 Attorney of the Year Interview: https://masslawyersweekly.com/wp-files/loty_2009_010410_sm.pdf
Documentaries on Bates & Riordan LLP’s cases
- Discovery Channel’s “Blood Relatives” documentary on Bates & Riordan’s Hyannis murder case: https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/blood-relatives/full-episodes/its-your-funeral
- BBC documentary on Bates & Riordan’s Bourne Coast Guard murder case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1dGjPhH1bs
- True Crime Daily documentary on Bates & Riordan’s Bourne Coast Guard murder case: https://truecrimedaily.com/2018/02/26/blueprint-for-murder-serviceman-writes-lengthy-manifesto-detailing-plans-for-revenge/
- True Crime Daily documentary on Bates & Riordan’s Dorchester murder case: https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/02/17/armed-dangerous-fugitive-sought-in-fatal-shooting-of-2-boston-sisters/
- That Chapter documentary on Bates & Riordan’s Coast Guard murder case: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatChapter/search?query=loya
Press Coverage of Bates & Riordan LLP’s Cases
The defendants in these cases were convicted of murder. They were represented by Bates & Riordan, LLP on the appeal of their conviction. The defendants were represented by other lawyers at trial.
2020 cases in the news
Fall River 1988 cold case, Fourth homicide conviction
- Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/01/06/convicted-killer-claims-he-confessed-to-fall-river-cold-case-to-avoid-label-as-rat/
- WCVB Channel 5: https://www.wcvb.com/article/convicted-murderer-taking-appeal-to-massachusetts-highest-court/30413282
Hyannis 2009 Cape murder
- CapeCod.com: https://www.capecod.com/cape-wide-news/upton-conviction-upheld-in-2009-murder-of-aris-manoloules/
Bourne 2015 Cape Coast Guard murder
- Cape Cod Times: https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20200206/adrian-loya-murder-conviction-upheld-by-sjc
2019 cases in the news
Quincy (Wollaston) murder
- Associated Press: https://apnews.com/37d4139c2b5345a5bde474187d10d74d
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/03/18/jury-finds-man-guilty-raping-and-strangling-woman-inside-her-quincy-apartment/8yEHxPpsiJZDGb6Tbguo1J/story.html?event=event12
- WHDH Channel 7 Boston: https://whdh.com/news/massachusetts-man-found-guilty-of-rape-murder-in-girlfriends-gruesome-death/
Dorchester double murder of sisters 2011
- WBZ Channel 4 CBS Boston : https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/06/27/sisters-murdered-boston-dorchester-2011-jean-weevins-janvier-stephanie-judith-emile/
- WHDH Channel 7 Boston : https://whdh.com/news/man-convicted-of-killing-sisters-in-boston-apartment-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/
- The Washington Times (Washington D.C.) : https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/13/authorities-suspect-in-slayings-of-sisters-caught-/
Dorchester murder 2014
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/02/15/dorchester-man-convicted-murdering-year-old-man/2DtyQLYbGwB7HE7IHulcPM/story.html
Boston double murder of American and British doctors 2017
- Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/12/13/bampumim-teixeira-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-slaying-2-doctors/
- CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/04/us/boston-doctors-murder-trial-suspect/index.html
- USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/10/bampumim-teixeira-trial-jury-decide-case-boston-doctors-deaths/4382706002/
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/12/06/teixeira/JrTBMQbvoB4hcmIPpJ8FTN/story.html
- Channel 10 NBC Boston: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/man-charged-in-killing-of-boston-doctors-removed-from-court-after-outburst/2046470/
- WBUR Radio: https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/12/10/bampumim-teixeira-trial-richard-field-lina-bolanos
- The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/bampumim-teixeira-charged-with-murdering-2-boston-doctors-dragged-from-court-after-threatening-prosecutor
- New York Post: https://nypost.com/2019/12/10/man-who-murdered-boston-doctors-threatens-sexual-assault-on-prosecutors-wife/
- YouTube video posted by Channel 4 WBZ CBS Boston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyrOAfb_fMg
- Boston.com: https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2019/12/13/bampumim-teixeira-sentencing
- People Magazine: https://people.com/crime/man-murdered-doctors-sentenced-life-in-prison/
- UPI United Press International: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/12/10/Boston-man-convicted-for-killing-two-doctors/7871576015162/
- Daily Mail Newspaper (London, England): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7712733/Bampumim-Teixeira-murder-trial-begins-Boston.html
- Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-accused-boston-double-murder-affair-victim
- Channel 13 Seattle, WA: https://q13fox.com/2019/12/10/man-found-guilty-of-murder-in-bloody-killings-of-engaged-doctors-in-their-boston-penthouse/
- Philadelphia Tribune: https://www.phillytrib.com/news/across_america/the-ex-concierge-who-killed-two-boston-doctors-in-their/article_b929698b-ea62-544e-af1f-60bbfcda9332.html
- The Mercury News (San Fransisco, CA): https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/12/06/bizarre-twist-in-doctors-murders-the-fiance-did-it-suspect-says/
- Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/25/killer-closed-man-sent-eight-frantic-text-messages-it-wasnt-enough/
- WGN Channel 9 Chicago: https://wgntv.com/news/man-found-guilty-of-murder-in-gruesome-killings-of-2-doctors-in-their-boston-penthouse/
- USA News & World Report: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts/articles/2019-12-09/closing-statements-scheduled-in-doctor-killings-trial
- The Independent (London, England): https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/bampumim-teixeira
- The Metro (London, England): https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/11/double-murderer-dragged-court-threatens-fk-prosecutors-wife-11704907/
- The Evening Standard (London, England): https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/boston-killings-man-charged-with-brutal-revenge-murder-of-london-doctor-and-fiance-found-dead-in-a3533956.html
- The Mirror (London, England): https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/murdered-brit-doctor-fiance-found-20934546
- BBC British Broadcasting: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39847412
- The World News (London, England): https://twnews.co.uk/uk-news/bampumim-teixeira-murder-trial-begins-in-boston
- The Telegraph (London, England): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/09/brtish-doctor-fiancee-killed-intruder-boston-penthouse/
- Time Magazine: https://time.com/4772580/boston-doctors-family-richard-field-lina-bolanos/
- Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-massachusetts-murder/accused-murderer-of-two-boston-doctors-pleads-not-guilty-held-without-bail-idUSKBN18424T
- Boston Magazine: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2017/05/08/south-boston-murders/
- Providence journal (Rhode Island): https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20191211/man-found-guilty-of-killing-2-doctors-in-luxury-boston-condo
- ABC New: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-found-guilty-killing-doctors-luxury-boston-condo-67638702
- CBS New: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richard-field-lina-bolanos-killed-detective-payback-he-killed-my-wife-written-on-wall-boston-doctors/
Bourne 2015 Cape Coast Guard murder
- Military.com: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/03/20/former-coast-guardsman-convicted-killing-colleague-requests-new-trial.html
New Bedford 2010 murder
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/11/19/sjc-overturns-murder-conviction-new-bedford-slaying-for-second-time/sZ6w0Mgw5C7ItB3cXYgObM/story.html
- WBUR Radio: https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/11/20/supreme-judicial-court-sjc-jonathan-niemic-overturned
- Boston.com: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/11/20/states-highest-court-tosses-murder-conviction
- US News & World Report magazine: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts/articles/2019-11-20/state-high-court-tosses-murder-conviction
2018 cases in the news
Cotuit, Barnstable Cape murder 2017
- CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christopher-fratantonio-sent-photos-slain-wife-to-friends/
- People Magazine: https://people.com/crime/man-fatally-stabbed-sleeping-wife-sent-photos-dead-body-to-friends/
- United Kingdom’s Daily Mail Newspaper: Cotuit, Barnstable Cape murder 2017: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5830545/Man-sent-photos-slain-wife-gets-life-sentence.html
- Channel 10 NBC Boston: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/man-who-fatally-stabbed-his-wife-sentenced-to-life/55078/
- Cape Cod Times: https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20180608/fratantonio-convicted-of-first-degree-murder
- New York Post: https://nypost.com/2018/06/11/husband-who-sent-photos-of-dead-wife-to-friends-gets-life-in-prison/
- Boston.com: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/06/11/christopher-fratantonio-sentenced
- Channel 10 WJAR Rhode Island: https://turnto10.com/news/local/cape-man-who-sent-photos-of-slain-wife-sentenced-to-life
- Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/06/08/cape-cod-man-found-guilty-of-stabbing-his-wife-to-death/
- KMOV Channel 4 St. Louis, MO: https://www.kmov.com/news/man-who-sent-out-photos-of-slain-wife-gets-life/article_492e62e0-8938-5c8e-a344-6ae26c4592aa.html
- Seattle Times (Washington state): https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/lawyer-seeks-dismissal-of-statements-in-cape-cod-homicide/
- Associated Press: https://apnews.com/84be8f99289545748eff5a51ea7c05aa
- Atlanta Journal Constitution (Georgia): https://www.ajc.com/news/national/man-who-sent-out-photos-slain-wife-gets-life-sentence/425N24W1MvifY3O3yhzzbN/
- Channel 7 WHDH Boston: https://whdh.com/news/barnstable-man-who-sent-out-photos-of-murdered-wife-gets-life-sentence/
- Channel 4 WIVB Buffalo, NY: https://www.wivb.com/news/national/massachusetts-man-who-sent-photos-of-slain-wife-to-friends-gets-life-in-prison/
- Taiwan News: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3454662
- The Province (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): https://theprovince.com/news/crime/man-who-sent-out-photos-of-slain-wife-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/wcm/a36a3828-af38-43ff-9618-c2c7c8351363
Hyannis 2009 Cape Murder
- Cape Cod Times: https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20180213/man-seeks-new-trial-in-hyannis-killing
- Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201807/the-murder-suicide-mission
2017 cases in the news
Cotuit, Barnstable Cape murder 2017
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/02/28/cotuit/JcnDiSFMlMxf7rgu33cNbK/story.html
- Channel 5 WCVB ABC Boston: https://www.wcvb.com/article/man-accused-of-killing-wife-on-cape-cod/8990203
- Channel 22 WWLP Springfield, MA: https://www.wwlp.com/news/cape-cod-man-charged-with-wifes-murder/
- YouTube Video posted by Hyannis News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B6ackUp3PM
Dorchester double murder of sisters 2011
- YouTube Video posted by CBS Boston Channel 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOY7nF3f7bM
- YouTube video posted by WCVB Channel 5 Boston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHuvky5Rh-I
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/06/13/dorchester-double-murder-suspect-captured-haiti/DCVhd0LDF5qZoNotONppjJ/story.html
- Haiti Libre: https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21232-haiti-justice-haitian-fugitive-accused-of-double-murder-captured-to-santo-and-extradited-to-usa.html
- Channel 5 WCVB ABC Boston: https://www.wcvb.com/article/suspect-in-slaying-of-boston-sisters-captured-in-haiti/10020164
- Channel 25 FOX Boston: https://www.boston25news.com/news/captured-2011-double-murder-suspect-due-in-mass-court-thursday/545845720/
- Associated Press: https://apnews.com/19c3bf8dff1846308b4267a9044e799d
- US Embassy, Haiti: https://ht.usembassy.gov/u-s-marshals-15-wanted-fugitive-captured-haiti/
- WGRZ TV (Buffalo NY): https://tonawandas.wgrz.com/news/crime/307241-us-marshals-15-most-wanted-fugitive-captured-haiti
Lowell 2009 Murder
- The Lowell Sun: https://www.lowellsun.com/2017/12/20/lowell-man-given-life-in-prison-in-2014-slaying/
South End 1992 cold case murder
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/11/29/quarter-century-after-tufts-university-graduate-was-murdered-her-accused-killer-goes-trial/UsBvkPnX3LFpWpgPAnPCNK/story.html
- Channel 4 WBZ CBS Boston: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/12/14/boston-lena-bruce-murder-sentencing-1992-boston-james-witkowski/
- Channel 5 WCVB ABC Boston: https://www.wcvb.com/article/guilty-verdict-ruled-in-25-year-old-boston-murder-case/14429625
- Channel 25 Fox Boston: https://www.boston25news.com/news/man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-1992-murder-of-tufts-graduate/664118117/
- Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2017/12/18/killers-dare-broke-lena-bruce-case/
- NECN: https://www.necn.com/news/local/massachusetts/man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-in-1992-cold-case-murder/23707/
- Associated Press: https://apnews.com/495dd07df6404442a52c40c787725d0e
- Seattle Times (Washington state): https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/prosecutors-dna-proves-man-raped-killed-woman-in-1992/
Bourne 2015 Cape Coast Guard murder
- Cape Cod Times: https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20170831/adrian-loya-details-motive-for-bourne-killing
- Channel 4 WBZ CBS Boston: https://boston.cbslocal.com/tag/adrian-loya/
- Channel 25 Fox Boston: https://www.foxnews.com/us/officers-testify-in-murder-trial-of-ex-coast-guardsman
- Navy Times: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/08/29/murder-trial-of-ex-coast-guardsman-opens-with-jury-selection/
2016 cases in the news
Dorchester double murder of sisters 2011
- Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2016/03/03/man-accused-of-killing-dorchester-sisters-now-on-most-wanted-list/
South End 1992 cold case murder
- WBGH Boston PBS Radio: https://www.wgbh.org/news/2016/06/17/news/short-wonderful-ultimately-tragic-life-lena-bruce-part-two
2015 cases in the news
Dorchester murder 2014
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/03/10/boston-man-arrested-dec-daytime-shooting-roxbury/T9dzBwxZGTbl2JWWvDom1M/story.html
- Channel 10 NBC Boston: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/police-arrest-2-in-connection-to-boston-murder/77124/
- WBUR Radio: https://www.wbur.org/news/2015/03/11/amir-richardson-murder-charge-boston-shooting
Fall River 1988 cold case, Fourth homicide conviction
- Herald News (Fall River, MA): https://www.heraldnews.com/article/20151201/NEWS/151209639
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2015/12/01/man-who-killed-mother-his-neighbors-washington-now-convicted-homicide/jIbuEhWsX0nmD2uYgXxxZI/story.html
- Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2015/12/02/mass-murderer-daniel-tavares-guilty-of-1988-slaying/
- Channel 10 WJAR Rhode Island: https://turnto10.com/news/local/fall-river-man-accused-in-cold-case-murder-will-not-testify
- YouTube video of 1988 Fall River cold case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87ubTJM-LkI
- Channel 6 WTEV Rhode Island: https://www.abc6.com/tavares-found-guilty-of-1988-murder-of-fall-river-mother/
- Channel 12 WPRI Rhode Island: https://www.wpri.com/news/jury-touring-scene-hears-arguments-in-88-murder-case/
Fitchburg 1977 Cold Case murder
- Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise: https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2015/07/11/man-convicted-in-murder-of-fitchburg-woman-in-1974-eyes-release-while-case-is-appealed/
- Worcester Telegram: https://www.telegram.com/article/20150805/NEWS/150809642/0/SEARCH
South End 1992 cold case murder
- Channel 10 NBC Boston: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/update-expected-on-23-year-old-cold-case-murder/1912528/
Bourne 2015 Cape Coast Guard murder
- Daily Mail Newspaper (London, England): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3018361/Coast-Guard-killer-RECORDED-slaying-fellow-officer-video-wrote-250-page-essay-die-allege-new-court-documents.html
- New York Daily News: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/coast-guardsman-fixated-lesbian-victim-mass-cops-article-1.2106705
- ABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/coast-guardsman-allegedly-killed-ambushed-cops-28771708
- Channel 13 WVEC Norfolk, VA: https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/portsmouth/police-find-explosives-gun-ammo-in-coast-guard-suspects-house/291-222122879
2014
Roxbury murder 2012
- Associated Press: https://apnews.com/6e42354a99a149fbab906be9d8003514
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/12/18/boston-man-sentenced-life-prison-for-fatal-beating-neighbor/ywl0kKOEBrAfzUahawgEFJ/story.html
Fall River 1988 cold case murder, Fourth homicide conviction
Lowell 2014 murder
- Channel 5 WCVB ABC Boston: https://www.wcvb.com/article/man-charged-in-fatal-stabbing-after-attempted-robbery/8204717
- Channel 4 WBZ CBS Boston: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/07/12/lowell-man-charged-with-murder-2/
- Channel 10 NBC Boston: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/man-indicted-in-july-stabbing-death/1969463/
- The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.): https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/15/lowell-man-denies-fatal-stabbing/
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/07/12/lowell-man-charged-slaying-during-robbery/I61Rn8idk2suCnz9TGEguI/story.html
- Associated Press: https://apnews.com/43fa3030447b49548a7b8af0fa49d68b
2013 cases in the news
Fall River 1988 cold case murder, Fourth homicide conviction
- Boston.com: https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2013/04/08/triple-killer-daniel-t-tavares-jr-charged-with-a-fourth-murder-1988-death-of-fall-river-woman
- WBUR radio Boston: https://www.wbur.org/news/2013/09/05/washington-killer-returned-to-mass
- YouTube video of WPRI Channel 12 Rhode Island: 1988 Fall River cold case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAVRerUJpk8
Hyannis 2009 Cape Murder
- Channel 5 WCVB ABC Boston: https://www.wcvb.com/article/newton-man-convicted-of-cape-cod-slaying/8177222
- Channel 4 WBZ CBS Boston: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/01/18/newton-man-convicted-in-killing-over-multi-million-dollar-inheritance/
- Worcester Telegram: https://www.telegram.com/article/20130117/NEWS/130119661
- Cape Cod Times: https://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20130118/NEWS/301180326
- Patriot Ledger: https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20130118/NEWS/301189917
- Taunton Gazette: https://www.tauntongazette.com/article/20130115/NEWS/301159762
- Herald News: https://www.heraldnews.com/article/20130116/NEWS/301169846
- YouTube video posted by Cape Cod Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y322ahwfb0M
2012 cases in the news
Dorchester double murder of sisters 2011
- Foster’s (Portsmouth, NH): https://www.fosters.com/article/20120207/NEWS0103/120209613
- Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, MA): https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2012/02/07/boston-police-name-suspect-in-slaying/
Fitchburg 1977 Cold Case murder
- Worcester Telegraph: https://www.telegram.com/article/20120216/NEWS/102169853/1116
- Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise: https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2012/02/29/dame-gets-life-in-jail-for-1974-murder-of-fitchburg-woman/
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/02/25/man-convicted-killing/pE5QYQuN8gitMC4lEFiWPO/story.html
New Bedford 2010 murder
- Channel 4 WBZ CBS Boston: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/06/02/man-sentenced-for-stabbing-murder-outside-dartmouth-soup-kitchen/
2010 cases in the news
Hyannis 2009 Cape Murder
2009 cases in the news
Quincy murder
2008 cases in the news
Fall River 1988 cold case murder, Fourth homicide conviction
Seattle Times (Washington state): https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/tavares-pleads-guilty-gets-life-sentence-for-murder-of-graham-couple/
2007 cases in the news
Fall River 1988 cold case murder, Fourth homicide conviction
- Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-dec-02-na-tavares2-story.html
- Time Magazine: https://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1687352,00.html
- Worcester Telegram: https://www.telegram.com/article/20071128/001-frontpage/711280642