Woburn

WOBURN, Mass. - Lawyers for a Massachusetts man accused of killing his wife, two children and mother-in-law asked Thursday to keep some "highly inflammatory" details of the slayings sealed from public view, arguing that the information could put him at risk in prison and "prejudice a vast array of jurors against him." Thomas Mortimer IV is accused of killing his family in June at their Winchester home.

WOBURN, Mass. - A Massachusetts man accused of killing his wife, two children and mother-in-law pleaded not guilty Thursday to four counts of first-degree murder as a prosecutor described how he left two copies of a letter confessing to the slayings.

WOBURN, Mass. - A man accused of killing his wife, two children and mother-in-law in their suburban Boston home pleaded not guilty Friday as his lawyer said he may use an insanity defense.

WOBURN, Mass. - A man accused of killing his wife, two children and mother-in-law in their home and writing letters claiming credit for "horrible things" was set to be arraigned Friday.

WOBURN, Mass. - Thomas Mortimer IV called his new boss and told him he was too sick to come to work.