A 24-year-old woman faced a courtroom full of tension during her arraignment on Friday morning, accused of fatally stabbing a 65-year-old Boston lawyer on his houseboat before disposing of his body at sea. The victim, Joseph Donohue, was found with multiple stab wounds on his vessel after a wellness check was requested by his son at a marine in Charlestown around 11 p.m. on Sunday.
The suspect, identified as Nora Nelson, was described as evasive and unresponsive when questioned by officers at the scene. Despite providing contradictory information and false names, Nelson was ultimately arrested on unrelated warrants and later charged with Donohue's murder following an autopsy that confirmed his cause of death as homicide by stabbing.
