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Article: Holbrook man is charged with murder
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- July 21, 2009
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WEYMOUTH
A judge ordered a 45-year-old Holbrook man held without bail
after police said he killed a homeless man with a deer-skinning
knife.
Scott T. Steadman is charged with murdering Ronald Pratt, 49, in
the tent where Pratt had been living. The tent was in a wooded area
off Washington Street called Indian Hill.
Pratt was found Sunday morning, lying on his right side in a
large amount of blood, by a homeless couple, Kristen and Robert
Fuller, who were living in a tent near his. They hiked from the
woods to Christy's Market and called police. He had at least four
wounds, including several on his right arm, according to a police
report.
Paramedics pronounced him dead at 8:55 a.m.
Steadman ...