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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Woman claimed that ‘nobody told her’ about a murder on Boston houseboat. She was arrested feet away from the body

Nora Nelson appears in Massachusetts court on Friday, where she faced murder charges for the death of 65-year-old Joseph Donohue. She has pleaded not guilty - (WCVB screengrab)

A Boston woman charged with a grisly murder on a houseboat claimed during a Friday arraignment she was totally unaware of the death, even as police say the woman was seen running and moving things near the bloodied body inside the boat just before her arrest.

"Nobody ever told me that this even happened at my house,” Nora Nelson, 24, said as she was remanded into pre-trial custody. “This is the first time I've even heard of this happening at my house."

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