The Tragic Murder of Henry Bedard

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

1974 - Swampscott, Massachusetts. In the shadows of the early-December afternoon, somebody with a baseball bat beat the life out of 15-year-old Henry Bedard Jr. He had been on his way home to wrap a Christmas gift, and was found the following day in a well-travelled patch of woods that was popular amongst the town’s youth. Henry was a good kid from a good family, who, to this day, still can’t understand why somebody would have done this. But police are still hopeful the right person will recognize the markings on the bat and come forward with the tip they need to crack this case, no matter how much time has passed. If you have any information on the murder of Henry Bedard Jr., please contact the Swampscott Police at (781) 595-1111. Episode sources and photos: https://www.murdershetold.com/episodes/henry-bedard Support the show: https://www.murdershetold.com/support Instagram: @murdershetoldpodcast TikTok: @murdershetold Facebook: /mstpodcast Website: murdershetold.com ----- Sponsors: OneSkin: Get 15% off your order at https://www.oneskin.co with the code SHETOLD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.0	I'm Kristen Seavy. This is Murder She Told. 18 year old Cheryl Bedard eyed the clouds, wondering if it would rain again soon.
0:27.0	She gripped the steering wheel of her car unconsciously.
0:30.3	Her stomach nodded with anxiety. It had been a difficult day for Cheryl.
0:35.0	She had been out all night in the rain with her family,
0:38.0	scouring the town of Swampskut for her younger brother, Henry.
0:41.0	Though she wanted to believe it was a lapse in judgment,
0:45.0	it was completely out of his character
0:47.1	to worry her parents like this.
0:49.4	Henry, at 15 years old, simply didn't pull the kind of nonsense you might expect from other teenagers.
0:55.6	It was 3 a.m. when they finally returned home, dried off, and got a few hours of rest.
1:06.0	She'd risen to the gray morning light streaming through her window and hope that she would hear her brother's voice downstairs.
1:10.0	But the voices she heard were unfamiliar and serious.
1:14.0	On the first floor, her parents were speaking with William Carlin,
1:18.0	the chief of police.
1:19.0	A former sailor and a marine, the police chief was an imposing figure standing in their living
1:25.0	room, as he explained that the state police would be providing search and rescue dogs
1:29.7	and helicopter assistance in the expanding search for her brother.
1:34.4	Her parents theory was that Henry was badly injured,
1:37.6	unable to move or call out.
1:40.4	The cops theory, he was a runaway.
1:43.0	Run away from what? she thought to herself.
1:46.0	He had nothing to run away from.
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