聯繫人：Beth Stone 508-584-8120
NATICK – Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz testified against the release of a man who murdered both of his parents and 11 year-old sister yesterday before the state Parole Board.
On October 9, 1993, then 15 year-old Gerard McCra, now known as Kuluwm Asar, argued with both of his parents. McCra possessed a firearm and later that same day, shot his mother, Merle McCra, 36, in the head inside their family home. McCra then went outside and executed his father, Gerard McCra, Jr., 34, and sister, Melanie, shooting them in the back of their heads inside the family car as he sat in the backseat.
1995年，普利茅斯縣陪審團裁定麥克拉犯有謀殺罪，他被判處三項無期徒刑，不得假釋。1998年6月3日，最高法院維持了對他的定罪。2013年，SJC在Diatchenko訴薩福克地區檢察官及其他人案中作出裁決，法院裁定，強制終身不得假釋的法律規定適用於被判犯有一級謀殺罪的青少年無效。法院還決定，必須對少年進行假釋聽證會。由於麥克拉在謀殺案發生時年僅15歲，因此他有資格獲得假釋。
On May 30, 2019, McCra, first appeared before the state Parole Board for a review hearing where DA Cruz spoke in opposition to his parole. In March, 2020, the state Parole Board unanimously denied McCra’s parole. In May, 2024, McCra once again appeared before the board, and they unanimously denied his parole, and set two years to the next hearing date, which was held yesterday.
“McCra savagely executed his entire family back in 1993,” DA Cruz said. “This man has had more than three decades to consider the magnitude and wrongfulness of his heinous actions. He has also had that time to take advantage of the programming our prison system has to offer and better himself, but he has chosen not to do so. McCra was a danger in 1993, and in my opinion, he is still a danger today. This man should never be returned to the community of Rochester, the County of Plymouth, or to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and I urge the board to deny parole to McCra.”
MAY 21, 2026