Many Connected to Bedard Murder in 1974 Talk for First Time
By Jeff McMenemy / The Daily Item SWAMPSCOTT – Cheryl Bedard-Armas remembers coming home from school and discovering that her missing brother had been killed. “I remember seeing everybody. My father...
View ArticleDead-end Case Turns to Facebook Family Hopes for Leads in 1974 Murder
Reprint from Boston Globe By Steven Rosenberg Globe Staff / January 30, 2011 Back in December 1974, when police found the body of Henry Bedard Jr. in a shallow grave on a cliff overlooking one of the...
View ArticleBringing Adam Home
Mary Beth Vallar of The Vero Beach Magazine published an article in the February 2011 issue about Les Standiford’s new book, Bringing Adam Home, and how an “indefatigable detective finally solved one...
View ArticleJustice for John J. McCabe/Henry Next
Secrecy Pact Collapsed Leading to Charges in 1969 Murder of Tewksbury Teen April 15, 2011|By Peter Schworm, Martin Finucane, and John R. Ellement, Globe Staff, Globe Staff Walter Shelley, who is now 60...
View ArticleJune 25th, Celebrating Henry’s Time on Earth
Today is a celebration of the day we were blessed with the presence of Henry E. Bedard Jr. Though his life was short, he made a large impact on many souls. Thank you Henry for the time you gave to...
View ArticleRemembering Henry 2004
The sky was full of clouds, darkness was coming, and silence had returned to a rocky ledge the teenagers called SV, or Swampscott View. Soon it would rain -- hard, and all night. On the ledge, buried...
View ArticleRemembering Henry E. Bedard Jr, 35 Years Later
There is nothing more devastating than the loss of a loved one. It truly changes you as a person and your perspective on life. All hardship tends to send us inward searching for the truth, answers to...
View ArticleDec. 16: Still Seeking Truth, Justice, and Closure for Henry Bedard Jr.
By Cheryl Bedard-Armas / Sister of Henry Bedard Jr. Swampscott Reporter (Editor’s note: Henry Bedard Jr., 15, was murdered on Dec. 16, 1974, on the hill above the DPW yard, off Paradise Road, a place...
View ArticleRemembering Henry E. Bedard Jr, Now 41 Years Later
There is nothing more devastating than the loss of a loved one. It truly changes you as a person and your perspective on life. All hardship tends to send us inward searching for the truth, answers to...
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