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New England's Most Wanted: John William McGrath

2022/3/23
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Kristen Zivi: 本集讲述了约翰·威廉·麦格拉思的故事，他是一个天才少年，却在1962年杀害了他的家人。他被诊断患有偏执型精神分裂症，并被送往康科德州立医院。1974年，他从医院逃脱，至今下落不明。本集详细讲述了案件经过，以及警方多年来寻找他的努力。同时，也探讨了麦格拉思的动机和精神状态等问题。 John William McGrath: (根据警方记录和证词) 麦格拉思声称杀害家人是为了减轻他们的痛苦，并表示自己当时处于精神错乱状态。他承认了杀害父母和兄弟姐妹的经过，但对自己的行为没有表现出明显的悔恨。逃亡后，他一直隐姓埋名，从未被捕。 Francis McGrath: (根据警方记录和证词) 弗朗西斯是约翰的父亲，在二战期间服役。他与妻子威利娜育有三个儿子，约翰是长子。弗朗西斯和威利娜经常争吵，这可能对约翰造成了影响。弗朗西斯在案发当晚被约翰枪杀。 Wilena McGrath: (根据警方记录和证词) 威利娜是约翰的母亲，案发时被约翰枪杀。她与丈夫弗朗西斯经常争吵，这可能对约翰造成了影响。 Barry Hunter: 多年来一直负责调查麦格拉思案件的警探，他搜集了大量的证据，包括麦格拉思的指纹、照片和部分文字作品，但他始终未能找到麦格拉思的下落。他认为麦格拉思仍然在逃，并呼吁公众提供线索。 Delia Clark: 约翰的外祖母，对约翰一直保持着忠诚，即使约翰犯下了滔天罪行。她去世前一直保留着约翰小时候的房间，并将遗产留给了约翰。

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Francis McGrath's life is traced from his childhood during WWII, through his service in the Air Force, to his marriage and family life in Newport, New Hampshire, where he worked as a teacher and later in industry.

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1962 - Newport, New Hampshire.

John William McGrath was a brilliant teenager. He was accepted to Dartmouth University and was starring in the school play. He came from a loving home and had a good future... but on a chilly night in March of 1962, just shy of his 18th birthday, John took his father's beloved rifle, killed his little brothers, and waited in the dark for his parents to return home to give them the same fate.

How could such a bright young man murder his family in cold blood? John was found unfit to stand trial, and was committed indefinitely to the New Hampshire State Hospital where for the next decade, he was a star patient... until an ordinary Tuesday night in August 1974 when he simply walked away, and never returned.

This is the story of Francis, Willena, Peter, and Charles McGrath, whose lives were tragically cut short by somebody they loved, and the search New Hampshire's longest fugitive who took their lives, John William McGrath.

If you have any information about the whereabouts of John William McGrath, I encourage you to contact the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force at (603) 225-1646.

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