The Case of Erika Murray

08/15/23 • 24 min

This week, Drewby and Yergy travel to Blackstone, Massachusetts, to discuss the case of Erika Murray, a mother of seven with a dark secret. After delivering two children, her partner, Ramon Rivera, didn't want any more kids. But after finding herself pregnant five more times, Erika gave birth to the babies in her bathroom at night, hiding the deceased infants in a closet and pretending the two surviving ones were children she was babysitting. But her secret was revealed to the public on August 27th, 2014, after a neighbor entered the Murray home...

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Source Material:

https://www.bostonherald.com/2014/10/14/heslam-house-of-horrors-hid-murrays-secret-life/

https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/06/erika-murray-was-emotionally-abused-by-boyfriend-psychologist-testifies-during-blackstone-mothers-murder-trial.html

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/09/12/mother-blackstone-case-appears-have-led-double-life/0ob0AUIGHmMb4b3FsIbPLJ/story.html

https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/06/05/house-of-horrors-trial-erika-murray-called-young-daughter-it/

https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2019/07/11/erika-murray-sentenced-blackstone-house-of-horrors-trial/

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/erika-murray-blackstone-house-squalor-infant-death-trial/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2797097/Atty-1-dead-baby-Massachusetts-home-born-alive.html

https://www.necn.com/news/local/woman-in-blackstone-house-of-horror-sentenced-for-assault-animal-cruelty/204977/

https://www.necn.com/news/national-international/verdict-announced-in-house-of-horrors-trial-2/250746/

https://www3.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/12/man-who-lived-blackstone-house-where-dead-infants-were-found-says-wasn-allowed-upstairs/ChwVpzWgtYB3kfgy0Q93HN/story.html?arc404=true

https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/06/why-erika-murray-was-found-guilty-of-harming-her-living-children-but-cleared-of-murdering-two-babies-in-closet.html

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2014/09/14/crews-begin-tearing-down-blackstone-house/

https://www3.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/09/17/determining-cause-death-for-blackstone-infants-difficult-task/lPRSTYqV5aqG1afdw0i3UJ/story.html?arc404=true https://www3.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/09/15/cleanup-house-squalor-continues-blackstone/NP3enF7PKTph7v3zFeCoLK/story.html?arc404=true

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Source Material:

https://www.bostonherald.com/2014/10/14/heslam-house-of-horrors-hid-murrays-secret-life/

https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/06/erika-murray-was-emotionally-abused-by-boyfriend-psychologist-testifies-during-blackstone-mothers-murder-trial.html

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/09/12/mother-blackstone-case-appears-have-led-double-life/0ob0AUIGHmMb4b3FsIbPLJ/story.html

https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/06/05/house-of-horrors-trial-erika-murray-called-young-daughter-it/

https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2019/07/11/erika-murray-sentenced-blackstone-house-of-horrors-trial/

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/erika-murray-blackstone-house-squalor-infant-death-trial/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2797097/Atty-1-dead-baby-Massachusetts-home-born-alive.html

https://www.necn.com/news/local/woman-in-blackstone-house-of-horror-sentenced-for-assault-animal-cruelty/204977/

https://www.necn.com/news/national-international/verdict-announced-in-house-of-horrors-trial-2/250746/

https://www3.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/12/man-who-lived-blackstone-house-where-dead-infants-were-found-says-wasn-allowed-upstairs/ChwVpzWgtYB3kfgy0Q93HN/story.html?arc404=true

https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/06/why-erika-murray-was-found-guilty-of-harming-her-living-children-but-cleared-of-murdering-two-babies-in-closet.html

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2014/09/14/crews-begin-tearing-down-blackstone-house/

Previous Episode

The Case of Jeremiah Oliver

This week, Drewby and Yergy head south to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, to discuss the case of Jeremiah Oliver, a sweet little boy who was failed by DCF. He was killed by his mother's boyfriend, Alberto Sierra, and left in a suitcase in the brush along the side of the highway. It has taken over a decade now for Jeremiah to get the justice that he deserves.

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Source Material:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/telegram/name/jeremiah-oliver-obituary?id=11783326

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121849984/jeremiah-oliver

https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2015/04/18/timeline-in-the-jeremiah-oliver-case/

https://www.masslive.com/news/2013/12/social_worker_in_jeremiah_oliv.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mass-mom-boyfriend-arrested-in-disappearance-of-boy-5/

https://www.wbur.org/news/2013/12/18/jeremiah-oliver-caseloads

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2529024/Parents-arrested-police-search-boy-5-seen-September-reported-missing-week.html

https://www.lowellsun.com/2014/04/21/jeremiah-olivers-dad-wants-justice-for-son/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i-want-answers-father-slain-5-year-old-boy-seeks-n85326

https://www.boston25news.com/news/timeline-the-case-of-missing-5yearold-boy-jeremiah-oliver/141817125/

https://www.wcvb.com/article/family-organizes-new-search-for-missing-fitchburg-boy/8194046#

https://www.masslive.com/worcester/2019/02/ashley-cormier-admits-to-lying-in-connection-with-the-case-of-5-year-old-jeremiah-oliver-to-serve-1-year-probation.html

https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2019/02/21/fitchburg-woman-on-probation-for-lying-to-investigators-in-jeremiah-oliver-case/5882095007/

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/jeremiah-oliver-death-homicide-dcf-fitchburg-massachusetts/

https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2021/04/18/seven-years-later-still-no-justice-for-jeremiah-oliver/

https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2019/02/21/fitchburg-woman-on-probation-for-lying-to-investigators-in-jeremiah-oliver-case/5882095007/

https://people.com/crime/massachusetts-mom-elsa-oliver-pleads-abuse-son-dead-suitcase/

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/prosecutors-reveal-new-details-in-death-of-5-year-old-jeremiah-oliver/3054892/

Next Episode

The Case of Jeffrey Curley

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to discuss the case of Jeffrey Curley, a 10-year-old boy from a working-class Irish neighborhood who wanted to be a fireman when he grew up. Those hopes and dreams were dashed when two men kidnaped him under the guise of giving him a new bike and $50.00 cash. Jeffrey was murdered, sexually assaulted post-mortem, and encased in concrete before being dumped in a Maine river.

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Source Material:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146047778/jeffrey-john-curley

https://www.weremember.com/jeffrey-curley/7a9l/memories

https://whdh.com/news/hes-a-monster-family-speaks-out-as-killer-of-jeffrey-curley-requests-parole/#:~:text=In%201997%2C%20Charles%20Jayne%20and,body%20in%20a%20Maine%20river

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ma-supreme-judicial-court/1468012.html