Interviews
- January 6, 2020: Channel 25 Boston interview of Attorney Theodore Riordan on the appeal of Daniel Tavares’ conviction for a 1988 cold case murder.: https://www.boston25news.com/news/mass-man-convicted-killing-4-asking-sjc-overturn-conviction-claims-confession-was-false/4OGLWB7YIFFVTISLQYRRY5ZYBE/
- Photo gallery of Attorneys Theodore & Deborah Riordan in the Barnstable Superior Court, at the Supreme Judicial Court’s special sitting in Barnstable County on October 2, 2019: https://www.capecodtimes.com/photogallery/CC/20191002/PHOTOGALLERY/100209991/PH/1
- Attorney Theodore Riordan’s comments to boston.com after convincing the Supreme Judicial Court to strike down unconstitutional law: http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/29/234_sex_offenders_eligible_for_gps_monitor_review/
- Patriot Ledger article on Attorney Theodore Riordan being named a Massachusetts Attorney of the Year by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: https://www.patriotledger.com/x640763356/Quincy-lawyer-makes-a-name-for-himself
- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2009 Attorney of the Year Interview: https://masslawyersweekly.com/wp-files/loty_2009_010410_sm.pdf
Documentaries on Bates & Riordan LLP’s cases
- Discovery Channel’s “Blood Relatives” documentary on Bates & Riordan’s Hyannis murder case: https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/blood-relatives/full-episodes/its-your-funeral
- BBC documentary on Bates & Riordan’s Bourne Coast Guard murder case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1dGjPhH1bs
- True Crime Daily documentary on Bates & Riordan’s Bourne Coast Guard murder case: https://truecrimedaily.com/2018/02/26/blueprint-for-murder-serviceman-writes-lengthy-manifesto-detailing-plans-for-revenge/
- True Crime Daily documentary on Bates & Riordan’s Dorchester murder case: https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/02/17/armed-dangerous-fugitive-sought-in-fatal-shooting-of-2-boston-sisters/
- That Chapter documentary on Bates & Riordan’s Coast Guard murder case: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatChapter/search?query=loya
Press Coverage of Bates & Riordan LLP’s Cases
The defendants in these cases were convicted of murder. They were represented by Bates & Riordan, LLP on the appeal of their conviction. The defendants were represented by other lawyers at trial.
2020
Fall River 1988 cold case, Fourth homicide conviction
- Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/01/06/convicted-killer-claims-he-confessed-to-fall-river-cold-case-to-avoid-label-as-rat/
- WCVB Channel 5: https://www.wcvb.com/article/convicted-murderer-taking-appeal-to-massachusetts-highest-court/30413282
Hyannis 2009 Cape murder
- CapeCod.com: https://www.capecod.com/cape-wide-news/upton-conviction-upheld-in-2009-murder-of-aris-manoloules/
Bourne 2015 Cape Coast Guard murder
- Cape Cod Times: https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20200206/adrian-loya-murder-conviction-upheld-by-sjc
2019
Quincy (Wollaston) murder
- Associated Press: https://apnews.com/37d4139c2b5345a5bde474187d10d74d
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/03/18/jury-finds-man-guilty-raping-and-strangling-woman-inside-her-quincy-apartment/8yEHxPpsiJZDGb6Tbguo1J/story.html?event=event12
- WHDH Channel 7 Boston: https://whdh.com/news/massachusetts-man-found-guilty-of-rape-murder-in-girlfriends-gruesome-death/
Dorchester double murder of sisters 2011
- WBZ Channel 4 CBS Boston : https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/06/27/sisters-murdered-boston-dorchester-2011-jean-weevins-janvier-stephanie-judith-emile/
- WHDH Channel 7 Boston : https://whdh.com/news/man-convicted-of-killing-sisters-in-boston-apartment-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/
- The Washington Times (Washington D.C.) : https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/13/authorities-suspect-in-slayings-of-sisters-caught-/
Dorchester murder 2014
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/02/15/dorchester-man-convicted-murdering-year-old-man/2DtyQLYbGwB7HE7IHulcPM/story.html
Boston double murder of American and British doctors 2017
- Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/12/13/bampumim-teixeira-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-slaying-2-doctors/
- CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/04/us/boston-doctors-murder-trial-suspect/index.html
- USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/10/bampumim-teixeira-trial-jury-decide-case-boston-doctors-deaths/4382706002/
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/12/06/teixeira/JrTBMQbvoB4hcmIPpJ8FTN/story.html
- Channel 10 NBC Boston: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/man-charged-in-killing-of-boston-doctors-removed-from-court-after-outburst/2046470/
- WBUR Radio: https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/12/10/bampumim-teixeira-trial-richard-field-lina-bolanos
- The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/bampumim-teixeira-charged-with-murdering-2-boston-doctors-dragged-from-court-after-threatening-prosecutor
- New York Post: https://nypost.com/2019/12/10/man-who-murdered-boston-doctors-threatens-sexual-assault-on-prosecutors-wife/
- YouTube video posted by Channel 4 WBZ CBS Boston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyrOAfb_fMg
- Boston.com: https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2019/12/13/bampumim-teixeira-sentencing
- People Magazine: https://people.com/crime/man-murdered-doctors-sentenced-life-in-prison/
- UPI United Press International: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/12/10/Boston-man-convicted-for-killing-two-doctors/7871576015162/
- Daily Mail Newspaper (London, England): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7712733/Bampumim-Teixeira-murder-trial-begins-Boston.html
- Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-accused-boston-double-murder-affair-victim
- Channel 13 Seattle, WA: https://q13fox.com/2019/12/10/man-found-guilty-of-murder-in-bloody-killings-of-engaged-doctors-in-their-boston-penthouse/
- Philadelphia Tribune: https://www.phillytrib.com/news/across_america/the-ex-concierge-who-killed-two-boston-doctors-in-their/article_b929698b-ea62-544e-af1f-60bbfcda9332.html
- The Mercury News (San Fransisco, CA): https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/12/06/bizarre-twist-in-doctors-murders-the-fiance-did-it-suspect-says/
- Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/25/killer-closed-man-sent-eight-frantic-text-messages-it-wasnt-enough/
- WGN Channel 9 Chicago: https://wgntv.com/news/man-found-guilty-of-murder-in-gruesome-killings-of-2-doctors-in-their-boston-penthouse/
- USA News & World Report: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts/articles/2019-12-09/closing-statements-scheduled-in-doctor-killings-trial
- The Independent (London, England): https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/bampumim-teixeira
- The Metro (London, England): https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/11/double-murderer-dragged-court-threatens-fk-prosecutors-wife-11704907/
- The Evening Standard (London, England): https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/boston-killings-man-charged-with-brutal-revenge-murder-of-london-doctor-and-fiance-found-dead-in-a3533956.html
- The Mirror (London, England): https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/murdered-brit-doctor-fiance-found-20934546
- BBC British Broadcasting: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39847412
- The World News (London, England): https://twnews.co.uk/uk-news/bampumim-teixeira-murder-trial-begins-in-boston
- The Telegraph (London, England): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/09/brtish-doctor-fiancee-killed-intruder-boston-penthouse/
- Time Magazine: https://time.com/4772580/boston-doctors-family-richard-field-lina-bolanos/
- Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-massachusetts-murder/accused-murderer-of-two-boston-doctors-pleads-not-guilty-held-without-bail-idUSKBN18424T
- Boston Magazine: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2017/05/08/south-boston-murders/
- Providence journal (Rhode Island): https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20191211/man-found-guilty-of-killing-2-doctors-in-luxury-boston-condo
- ABC New: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-found-guilty-killing-doctors-luxury-boston-condo-67638702
- CBS New: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richard-field-lina-bolanos-killed-detective-payback-he-killed-my-wife-written-on-wall-boston-doctors/
Bourne 2015 Cape Coast Guard murder
- Military.com: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/03/20/former-coast-guardsman-convicted-killing-colleague-requests-new-trial.html
New Bedford 2010 murder
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/11/19/sjc-overturns-murder-conviction-new-bedford-slaying-for-second-time/sZ6w0Mgw5C7ItB3cXYgObM/story.html
- WBUR Radio: https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/11/20/supreme-judicial-court-sjc-jonathan-niemic-overturned
- Boston.com: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/11/20/states-highest-court-tosses-murder-conviction
- US News & World Report magazine: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts/articles/2019-11-20/state-high-court-tosses-murder-conviction
2018
Cotuit, Barnstable Cape murder 2017
- CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christopher-fratantonio-sent-photos-slain-wife-to-friends/
- People Magazine: https://people.com/crime/man-fatally-stabbed-sleeping-wife-sent-photos-dead-body-to-friends/
- United Kingdom’s Daily Mail Newspaper: Cotuit, Barnstable Cape murder 2017: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5830545/Man-sent-photos-slain-wife-gets-life-sentence.html
- Channel 10 NBC Boston: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/man-who-fatally-stabbed-his-wife-sentenced-to-life/55078/
- Cape Cod Times: https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20180608/fratantonio-convicted-of-first-degree-murder
- New York Post: https://nypost.com/2018/06/11/husband-who-sent-photos-of-dead-wife-to-friends-gets-life-in-prison/
- Boston.com: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/06/11/christopher-fratantonio-sentenced
- Channel 10 WJAR Rhode Island: https://turnto10.com/news/local/cape-man-who-sent-photos-of-slain-wife-sentenced-to-life
- Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/06/08/cape-cod-man-found-guilty-of-stabbing-his-wife-to-death/
- KMOV Channel 4 St. Louis, MO: https://www.kmov.com/news/man-who-sent-out-photos-of-slain-wife-gets-life/article_492e62e0-8938-5c8e-a344-6ae26c4592aa.html
- Seattle Times (Washington state): https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/lawyer-seeks-dismissal-of-statements-in-cape-cod-homicide/
- Associated Press: https://apnews.com/84be8f99289545748eff5a51ea7c05aa
- Atlanta Journal Constitution (Georgia): https://www.ajc.com/news/national/man-who-sent-out-photos-slain-wife-gets-life-sentence/425N24W1MvifY3O3yhzzbN/
- Channel 7 WHDH Boston: https://whdh.com/news/barnstable-man-who-sent-out-photos-of-murdered-wife-gets-life-sentence/
- Channel 4 WIVB Buffalo, NY: https://www.wivb.com/news/national/massachusetts-man-who-sent-photos-of-slain-wife-to-friends-gets-life-in-prison/
- Taiwan News: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3454662
- The Province (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): https://theprovince.com/news/crime/man-who-sent-out-photos-of-slain-wife-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/wcm/a36a3828-af38-43ff-9618-c2c7c8351363
Hyannis 2009 Cape Murder
- Cape Cod Times: https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20180213/man-seeks-new-trial-in-hyannis-killing
- Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201807/the-murder-suicide-mission
2017
Cotuit, Barnstable Cape murder 2017
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/02/28/cotuit/JcnDiSFMlMxf7rgu33cNbK/story.html
- Channel 5 WCVB ABC Boston: https://www.wcvb.com/article/man-accused-of-killing-wife-on-cape-cod/8990203
- Channel 22 WWLP Springfield, MA: https://www.wwlp.com/news/cape-cod-man-charged-with-wifes-murder/
- YouTube Video posted by Hyannis News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B6ackUp3PM
Dorchester double murder of sisters 2011
- YouTube Video posted by CBS Boston Channel 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOY7nF3f7bM
- YouTube video posted by WCVB Channel 5 Boston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHuvky5Rh-I
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/06/13/dorchester-double-murder-suspect-captured-haiti/DCVhd0LDF5qZoNotONppjJ/story.html
- Haiti Libre: https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21232-haiti-justice-haitian-fugitive-accused-of-double-murder-captured-to-santo-and-extradited-to-usa.html
- Channel 5 WCVB ABC Boston: https://www.wcvb.com/article/suspect-in-slaying-of-boston-sisters-captured-in-haiti/10020164
- Channel 25 FOX Boston: https://www.boston25news.com/news/captured-2011-double-murder-suspect-due-in-mass-court-thursday/545845720/
- Associated Press: https://apnews.com/19c3bf8dff1846308b4267a9044e799d
- US Embassy, Haiti: https://ht.usembassy.gov/u-s-marshals-15-wanted-fugitive-captured-haiti/
- WGRZ TV (Buffalo NY): http://tonawandas.wgrz.com/news/crime/307241-us-marshals-15-most-wanted-fugitive-captured-haiti
Lowell 2009 Murder
- The Lowell Sun: https://www.lowellsun.com/2017/12/20/lowell-man-given-life-in-prison-in-2014-slaying/
South End 1992 cold case murder
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/11/29/quarter-century-after-tufts-university-graduate-was-murdered-her-accused-killer-goes-trial/UsBvkPnX3LFpWpgPAnPCNK/story.html
- Channel 4 WBZ CBS Boston: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/12/14/boston-lena-bruce-murder-sentencing-1992-boston-james-witkowski/
- Channel 5 WCVB ABC Boston: https://www.wcvb.com/article/guilty-verdict-ruled-in-25-year-old-boston-murder-case/14429625
- Channel 25 Fox Boston: https://www.boston25news.com/news/man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-1992-murder-of-tufts-graduate/664118117/
- Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2017/12/18/killers-dare-broke-lena-bruce-case/
- NECN: https://www.necn.com/news/local/massachusetts/man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-in-1992-cold-case-murder/23707/
- Associated Press: https://apnews.com/495dd07df6404442a52c40c787725d0e
- Seattle Times (Washington state): https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/prosecutors-dna-proves-man-raped-killed-woman-in-1992/
Bourne 2015 Cape Coast Guard murder
- Cape Cod Times: https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20170831/adrian-loya-details-motive-for-bourne-killing
- Channel 4 WBZ CBS Boston: https://boston.cbslocal.com/tag/adrian-loya/
- Channel 25 Fox Boston: https://www.foxnews.com/us/officers-testify-in-murder-trial-of-ex-coast-guardsman
- Navy Times: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/08/29/murder-trial-of-ex-coast-guardsman-opens-with-jury-selection/
2016
Dorchester double murder of sisters 2011
- Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2016/03/03/man-accused-of-killing-dorchester-sisters-now-on-most-wanted-list/
South End 1992 cold case murder
- WBGH Boston PBS Radio: https://www.wgbh.org/news/2016/06/17/news/short-wonderful-ultimately-tragic-life-lena-bruce-part-two
2015
Dorchester murder 2014
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/03/10/boston-man-arrested-dec-daytime-shooting-roxbury/T9dzBwxZGTbl2JWWvDom1M/story.html
- Channel 10 NBC Boston: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/police-arrest-2-in-connection-to-boston-murder/77124/
- WBUR Radio: https://www.wbur.org/news/2015/03/11/amir-richardson-murder-charge-boston-shooting
Fall River 1988 cold case, Fourth homicide conviction
- Herald News (Fall River, MA): https://www.heraldnews.com/article/20151201/NEWS/151209639
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2015/12/01/man-who-killed-mother-his-neighbors-washington-now-convicted-homicide/jIbuEhWsX0nmD2uYgXxxZI/story.html
- Boston Herald: https://www.bostonherald.com/2015/12/02/mass-murderer-daniel-tavares-guilty-of-1988-slaying/
- Channel 10 WJAR Rhode Island: https://turnto10.com/news/local/fall-river-man-accused-in-cold-case-murder-will-not-testify
- YouTube video of 1988 Fall River cold case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87ubTJM-LkI
- Channel 6 WTEV Rhode Island: https://www.abc6.com/tavares-found-guilty-of-1988-murder-of-fall-river-mother/
- Channel 12 WPRI Rhode Island: https://www.wpri.com/news/jury-touring-scene-hears-arguments-in-88-murder-case/
Fitchburg 1977 Cold Case murder
- Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise: https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2015/07/11/man-convicted-in-murder-of-fitchburg-woman-in-1974-eyes-release-while-case-is-appealed/
- Worcester Telegram: https://www.telegram.com/article/20150805/NEWS/150809642/0/SEARCH
South End 1992 cold case murder
- Channel 10 NBC Boston: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/update-expected-on-23-year-old-cold-case-murder/1912528/
Bourne 2015 Cape Coast Guard murder
- Daily Mail Newspaper (London, England): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3018361/Coast-Guard-killer-RECORDED-slaying-fellow-officer-video-wrote-250-page-essay-die-allege-new-court-documents.html
- New York Daily News: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/coast-guardsman-fixated-lesbian-victim-mass-cops-article-1.2106705
- ABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/coast-guardsman-allegedly-killed-ambushed-cops-28771708
- Channel 13 WVEC Norfolk, VA: https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/portsmouth/police-find-explosives-gun-ammo-in-coast-guard-suspects-house/291-222122879
2014
Roxbury murder 2012
- Associated Press: https://apnews.com/6e42354a99a149fbab906be9d8003514
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/12/18/boston-man-sentenced-life-prison-for-fatal-beating-neighbor/ywl0kKOEBrAfzUahawgEFJ/story.html
Fall River 1988 cold case murder, Fourth homicide conviction
Lowell 2014 murder
- Channel 5 WCVB ABC Boston: https://www.wcvb.com/article/man-charged-in-fatal-stabbing-after-attempted-robbery/8204717
- Channel 4 WBZ CBS Boston: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/07/12/lowell-man-charged-with-murder-2/
- Channel 10 NBC Boston: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/man-indicted-in-july-stabbing-death/1969463/
- The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.): https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/15/lowell-man-denies-fatal-stabbing/
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/07/12/lowell-man-charged-slaying-during-robbery/I61Rn8idk2suCnz9TGEguI/story.html
- Associated Press: https://apnews.com/43fa3030447b49548a7b8af0fa49d68b
2013
Fall River 1988 cold case murder, Fourth homicide conviction
- Boston.com: https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2013/04/08/triple-killer-daniel-t-tavares-jr-charged-with-a-fourth-murder-1988-death-of-fall-river-woman
- WBUR radio Boston: https://www.wbur.org/news/2013/09/05/washington-killer-returned-to-mass
- YouTube video of WPRI Channel 12 Rhode Island: 1988 Fall River cold case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAVRerUJpk8
Hyannis 2009 Cape Murder
- Channel 5 WCVB ABC Boston: https://www.wcvb.com/article/newton-man-convicted-of-cape-cod-slaying/8177222
- Channel 4 WBZ CBS Boston: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/01/18/newton-man-convicted-in-killing-over-multi-million-dollar-inheritance/
- Worcester Telegram: https://www.telegram.com/article/20130117/NEWS/130119661
- Cape Cod Times: https://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20130118/NEWS/301180326
- Patriot Ledger: https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20130118/NEWS/301189917
- Taunton Gazette: https://www.tauntongazette.com/article/20130115/NEWS/301159762
- Herald News: https://www.heraldnews.com/article/20130116/NEWS/301169846
- YouTube video posted by Cape Cod Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y322ahwfb0M
2012
Dorchester double murder of sisters 2011
- Foster’s (Portsmouth, NH): https://www.fosters.com/article/20120207/NEWS0103/120209613
- Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, MA): https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2012/02/07/boston-police-name-suspect-in-slaying/
Fitchburg 1977 Cold Case murder
- Worcester Telegraph: https://www.telegram.com/article/20120216/NEWS/102169853/1116
- Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise: https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2012/02/29/dame-gets-life-in-jail-for-1974-murder-of-fitchburg-woman/
- Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/02/25/man-convicted-killing/pE5QYQuN8gitMC4lEFiWPO/story.html
New Bedford 2010 murder
- Channel 4 WBZ CBS Boston: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/06/02/man-sentenced-for-stabbing-murder-outside-dartmouth-soup-kitchen/
2010
Hyannis 2009 Cape Murder
2009
Quincy murder
2008
Fall River 1988 cold case murder, Fourth homicide conviction
Seattle Times (Washington state): https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/tavares-pleads-guilty-gets-life-sentence-for-murder-of-graham-couple/
2007
Fall River 1988 cold case murder, Fourth homicide conviction
- Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-dec-02-na-tavares2-story.html
- Time Magazine: http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1687352,00.html
- Worcester Telegram: https://www.telegram.com/article/20071128/001-frontpage/711280642