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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.
У 1995 році суд присяжних округу Плімут визнав МакКру винним у вбивствах і засудив його до трьох послідовних довічних ув'язнень без права на дострокове звільнення. 3 червня 1998 року Верховний суд підтвердив його засудження. У 2013 році Верховний суд ухвалив рішення у справі "Дятченко проти окружного прокурора графства Саффолк та інші", в якому визнав, що положення закону, які передбачають довічне ув'язнення без права на умовно-дострокове звільнення, є недійсними у застосуванні до неповнолітніх, засуджених за вбивство першого ступеня. Суд також постановив, що неповнолітнім має бути надано право на слухання щодо умовно-дострокового звільнення. Оскільки на момент скоєння вбивств МакКра було 15 років, він мав право на умовно-дострокове звільнення.
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