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North Adams Man Charged in Stabbing Father to Death
By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Police walked into a "brutal scene" Monday — 67-year-old David Allen Boucher had been stabbed multiple times and left for dead the week before.
Berkshire District Attorney Timothy Shugrue describes the murder as a tragedy, saying the lack of mental health care is leading to 'awful situations.'
His son, David Louis Boucher, 48, had walked into the police station at 11:49 a.m. and told police he had killed his father.
"The victim had been stabbed multiple times, with different objects, sharp objects," said Berkshire District Attorney Timothy Shugrue after Boucher's arraignment for murder on Tuesday morning. "Multiple wounds. Struggle in the bedroom, struggle in the kitchen. The decedent struggled and fought hard. It was a brutal scene."
The attack is believed to have happened on Tuesday, May 5, based on initial evidence including the state of the body and statements made by the defendant, according to the DA's Office.
Boucher had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf and he is being held without bail at the prosecution's request. He is being held at the Berkshire County House of Correction and is scheduled to appear again in Northern Berkshire District Court on June 12.
Shugrue said it was unclear why Boucher waited a week to inform police but noted the investigation is barely 24 hours old.
The younger Boucher lived downstairs and his father upstairs in the multi-unit family home on Walnut Street.
