Arrest made in cold case murder of Massachusetts teen more than three decades ago

Posted on March 11, 2018

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Michael Hand, 61, of Troutman, N.C., has been arrested for the October 1986 murder of 15-year-old Tracy Gilpin in Kingston, Mass.

A North Carolina man has been arrested in the cold case murder more than 31 years ago of a Massachusetts teen, authorities said Sunday.

Michael Hand, 61, of Troutman, has been charged with murder in the death of Tracy Gilpin, who was 15 when she disappeared in her hometown of Kingston, on Oct. 1, 1986, Fox 25 Boston reported. Her partially clad body was found three weeks later. She died of a blow to her head that crushed her skull.

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