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The Worst Killing in Modern Boston History - December 13 2020 - Daily True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

December 13th: Calvin L Carnes Jr. Kills (2005) Some people would do anything to fit in with a group. On December 13th 2005 a man desperate to be part of a group, who wanted what they had, would end up taking his frustration out on 4 innocent people. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Murderpedia, archive.boston.com, bostoncriminallawyersblog.com, wickedlocal.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.9

Some people would do anything to fit in with a group.

0:18.2

On December 13, 2005, a man desperate to be part of a group who wanted what

0:23.8

they had would end up taking his frustration out on four innocent people. So if you like your

0:29.7

coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:39.1

Jason Backelor, Edwin Duncan, and Chris Fierra were a trio of buddies from high school who

0:44.4

started a fledgling rap group called Graveside in the early 2000s.

0:48.9

They, along with a friend, Jihad Shanklar, spent hours in the basement of Edwin's Bornside Street home in Boston,

0:55.6

Massachusetts, making and recording music, killing time, listening to music, and enjoying the

1:01.7

company of their friends. Despite what people thought when they heard they were in a rap group,

1:06.7

the men didn't really live the life that those have stereotyped for rappers. They just liked their music and liked making it with their friends.

1:14.2

But according to friends, because they didn't live the life,

1:18.0

they had to carry around some props to get some street cred.

1:21.4

Props like a 12-gauge shotgun and an AK-47 rifle,

1:25.6

which, unknown to his mother, were stored in Edwin Duncan's basement.

1:29.2

They made it a habit to pass around and show off the weapons when friends and groupies came over to hang out.

1:34.9

But they never intended on actually using the weapons.

1:38.9

It was at one of these gatherings on December 13, 2005, that Chris Vieira started passing around his brand new

1:45.9

9mm semi-automatic Glock. Amongst the group was 19-year-old Calvin Carnes. Now, Calvin wasn't

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