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Updated · Fox News · Jul 22

Pressley Speaks After 18-Year-Old Is Found Shot Dead in Husband's $1.15 Million Boston Rental

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Jul 22

Pressley Speaks After 18-Year-Old Is Found Shot Dead in Husband's $1.15 Million Boston Rental

Q: Was a police raid two months prior connected to the homicide at the rental property owned by Rep. Pressley's husband?

No confirmed connection has been established between the police raid reported two months earlier and the homicide. A neighbor said the Malta Street rental property in Mattapan had been raided by police roughly two months before 18-year-old Yoseliani Marte was found dead there from a gunshot wound. But the available reporting does not show that investigators have linked that earlier police activity to Marte’s death. Boston police are treating the case as an active homicide investigation, and authorities have not publicly said the prior raid was related. They also have not announced arrests or released details tying the earlier incident at the house to the circumstances of the killing. What is confirmed is that the property is a two-family rental home owned by Conan Harris, the husband of Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and that neither Pressley nor her family lived there or were involved in the incident. A police spokesperson said there was “absolutely nothing” indicating any connection to the property owners. So, based on the public record so far, the earlier raid remains an unverified detail with no demonstrated link to the homicide.

Q: Why has no suspect been named in the teen's shooting despite her family's public claims of domestic violence?

No suspect has been named because investigators have not publicly established enough evidence to identify or charge anyone, and key findings in the case are still pending. Boston police have confirmed only that 18-year-old Yoseliani Marte was found with a single gunshot wound and that the homicide unit is investigating. While her family has publicly said she was killed in a domestic violence incident and her mother has said she believes she knows who is responsible, police have not confirmed that account. Authorities also have not publicly identified Marte themselves, announced an arrest, or released details tying any specific person to the shooting. A major reason is that the medical examiner’s work is not fully complete. Although the cause of death was identified as a gunshot wound, the manner of death was still reported as under investigation pending further forensic testing. Police typically avoid naming a suspect before they have corroborated witness claims, completed forensic review, and built a case that can support an arrest and prosecution. In short, the family’s public allegations are not the same as an official finding. Until detectives and the medical examiner finish their work and police determine they have sufficient evidence, authorities may withhold a suspect’s name or decline to say whether anyone has been identified privately.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 22

18-year-old Yoseliani Marte was found dead Saturday from a single gunshot wound inside a Mattapan house owned by Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s husband, Conan Harris.
Pressley said she is "centering the victim" and is devastated for the family, while her office said neither the congresswoman nor her family were involved in the incident.
Marte’s family identified her publicly and said she died in domestic violence, but Boston police have not confirmed that characterization, identified a suspect or announced any arrest.
The two-family property is a rental where Pressley and Harris do not live and is listed for sale at $1.15 million, while police said the manner of death remains under investigation.