Andrew MacCormack was arrested and charged with murder on Tuesday in connection to the death of his wife Vanessa MacCormack, whose body was found badly beaten in her Revere home on Saturday. 
 
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 The body of Vanessa MacCormack, a 30-year-old teacher who taught second-graders at the Connery Elementary School in Lynn, was discovered dead shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Saturday inside of her Grand View Avenue home in Revere. 
 
 "The evidence suggests that her murder was a crime of domestic violence, committed in the very place where she should have been safest - her own home," read a statement by the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. 
 
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 An initial examination showed signs of "obvious signs of physical trauma" on her body, police said. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner found Vanessa MacCormack suffered "a blunt force injury to the head, sharp force injuries to the neck, and asphyxiation," adding that "Evidence suggested that the killer made concerted efforts to clean up the crime scene and dispose of related items." 
 
 Massachusetts State Police homicide detectives arrested her husband, Andrew MacCormack, 29, at Revere Police Headquarters on Tuesday afternoon and charged him with murder. 
 
 Richard McKeon, a colonel with state police, said a "thorough, open-ended investigation" revealed evidence that "led to one person and one person only, and he is now under arrest." 
 
 A statement by the Suffolk D.A.'s office said detectives reviewed surveillance camera video and interviewed witnesses in their investigation, which remains active and open. Authorities encourage anyone with information to contact state police. 
 
 Andrew MacCormack will be arraigned on Wednesday at Chelsea District Court. 

 REVERE — The husband of a slain 30-year-old Lynn elementary school teacher was arrested Tuesday and charged with murdering her, authorities said. 
 
 Andrew MacCormack, 29, is being charged in the death of Vanessa MacCormack, who was found dead in her home Saturday afternoon. 
 
 “The evidence suggests that her murder was a crime of domestic violence, committed in the very place where she should have been safest — her own home,” Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said in a statement. 
 
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 MacCormack is to be arraigned Wednesday in Chelsea District Court. 
 
 “Our thoughts and prayers go out to Vanessa’s family,” Revere police Chief James Guido said in the statement. “To the community, we offer special thanks for their cooperation and patience during this trying time.” 
 
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 Vanessa MacCormack was a second-grade teacher at the William P. Connery Elementary School, where colleagues remembered her as a talented, passionate, and kind educator. 
 
 Police recovered footage from private surveillance systems and public safety cameras, executed a search warrant, interviewed multiple witnesses, and examined phone and other records, authorities said. 
 
 Police and emergency medical personnel went to the home just after 3:30 p.m., Saturday, following a 911 call made by Andrew MacCormack, authorities said. 
 
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 The medical examiner’s preliminary findings were that she had suffered “blunt force injury to the head, sharp force injuries to the neck, and asphyxiation. Evidence suggested that the killer made concerted efforts to clean up the crime scene and dispose of related items,” authorities said. 
 
 The families of Vanessa and Andrew MacCormack could not be reached for comment on Tuesday. The couple, who married in 2015, had a 1-year-old daughter, authorities said. 
 
 News of the killing, and Andrew MacCormack’s arrest, disturbed residents of the quiet street near the Malden line. 
 
 Lou Falzarano, 52, who has lived across the street from the MacCormacks home for more than a decade, said the couple seemed to be “normal, quiet, coming and going, like all the other neighbors. 
 
 “I wouldn’t know if they were happy or not, because you never really see them together,” said Falzarano, who said he often saw Andrew MacCormack coming and going from the house during the daytime. “I didn’t see anything that would have indicated anything different. Never heard them arguing.” 
 
 Jeremy C. Fox for The Boston Globe A car was in the driveway of the MacCormacks’ home Tuesday. Andrew MacCormack is accused of killing his wife, a 30-year-old Lynn teacher. 
 
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 But his wife, Debbie, said that about two weeks before Vanessa MacCormack was killed, she had arrived home to find a disturbance at the couple’s home. 
 
 “We had just gotten back from dinner, and we pulled up and there was a lot of yelling and screaming going on,” she said. 
 
 “To the point where we were like, ‘Should we go find out what’s going on? Do you think everything’s all right?’ ” she said. 
 
 She expressed deep sympathy for the victim and her family. 
 
 “I just think it’s, like, completely disturbing,” she said. “Everybody that I talk to, we’re just like, our heart is on our sleeves for this poor girl. This is terrible. . . She was a beautiful girl. Really, my heart just breaks over this whole thing.” 
 
 Debbie’s teenage daughter, Julia, said her window faces the MacCormack home. 
 
 Julia said she saw a woman leave the MacCormack home on Saturday who appeared to be very emotional. 
 
 “She got really sick,” she said. “She was really upset, and throwing up.” 
 
 Julia said she had seen Andrew MacCormack outside the house punching the trunk of a car that was parked near the front door. 
 
 “He had his shirt off. He just got really violent,” she said. 
 
 Falzarano said he arrived home Saturday afternoon to see “a distraught family” including Andrew MacCormack and several other relatives outside the home. He said he had brought water for the family members, and allowed some to use his bathroom. 
 
 Falzarano said at that time MacCormack “was shaking, crying, saying, ‘What am I going to do without her? I can’t believe somebody . . . Did this to her.’” 
 
 Chris Coronado, 21, who previously lived across the street and now visits often to see relatives there, said he didn’t know the family but sometimes saw Vanessa MacCormack outside the home. 
 
 “She looked like a very professional woman,” Coronado said. “I thought she was like a banker or something. I never knew she was a teacher.” 
 
 Other neighbors also expressed surprise that such a violent crime could happen in their neighborhood. 
 
 “It’s typically a very quiet street,” said Tarin Norkum, 35, who lives across Grand View Avenue from the MacCormack residence. “Nothing ever really goes on around here, which is nice.” 
 
 One neighbor said it came as a relief that an arrest had been made. 
 
 “Everyone’s been on their toes,” said Michael Gonzalez, 19. “It’s shocking that something happened, especially in this neighborhood.” 
 
 Jeremy C. Fox can be reached at jeremy.fox@globe.com . Follow him on Twitter @jeremycfox 

 The husband of a second-grade teacher and mother who was found dead in her Massachusetts home Sunday was arrested on Tuesday and charged with her murder, PEOPLE confirms. 
 
 Andrew MacCormack, 29, was arrested at Revere police headquarters in the death of his wife, Vanessa MacCormack, 30, authorities announced in a statement. 
 
 The state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner made preliminary findings that the young mother had suffered a blunt force injury to the head, sharp force injuries to the neck, and asphyxiation, the statement says. 
 
 “Evidence suggested that the killer made concerted efforts to clean up the crime scene and dispose of related items,” the statement says. 
 
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 Andrew MacCormack is expected to be arraigned tomorrow in Chelsea District Court. He has not entered a plea and it is unclear whether he has retained an attorney. 
 
 “The evidence suggests that her murder was a crime of domestic violence, committed in the very place where she should have been safest — her own home,” Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said in the statement. “It was critical during the past several days to withhold certain information as we gathered the facts and evidence, and we’re extremely grateful for the cooperation of witnesses and partner agencies who helped us build this case.” 
 
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 Revere police and emergency medical personnel responded to the couple’s ranch-style home just after 3:30 Saturday afternoon following a 911 call placed by Andrew MacCormack, say authorities. 
 
 They found Vanessa MacCormack, inside, with obvious signs of physical trauma. She was pronounced dead at the scene. 
 
 On Sunday, Andrew MacCormack was spotted at the residence retrieving a baby chair before breaking down and crying, local news station WBZ reports. 
 
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 The arrest came after the recovery of footage from private surveillance systems and public safety cameras, the execution of a search warrant, interviews with multiple witnesses and the examination of phone and other records, the statement says. 
 
 Victim Was ‘True Definition of a Family-Oriented Person,’ Says Sister 
 
 The couple had been married for over two years, according to their Facebook pages. Andrew MacCormack is a drywaller who studied criminal justice at University of Massachusetts at Boston, his page says. 
 
 By outward appearances, the couple seemed to be in love. In November 2015, Vanessa MacCormack posted pictures of her husband carrying her over the threshold of the home they had apparently recently purchased, saying, “Moving on to the next chapter in our lives! I love this man more than anything and I am so happy we are finally homeowners.” 
 
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 Earlier this week, Vanessa MacCormack’s sister Angela Masucci remembered her as a devoted mother. 
 
 “Words could never describe my sister,” she said, CBS News reports. “My sister was the world’s best mother, she did everything for her daughter and had so many plans for her. She never missed an opportunity to bring her places to show off her beautiful baby.” 
 
 Masucci added, “She is the true definition of a family-oriented person,” the outlet reports. “She always held get-togethers at her beautiful home that she designed to be like a home on HGTV, and always strived to get the family together.” 
 
 MacCormack was beloved as a teacher, Dr. Mary Dill, Principal of William P. Connery Elementary School, said in a statement. 
 
 “Our school community is heartbroken,” she said in the statement. “Vanessa was loved by students, parents, and colleagues. She was involved in every aspect of the school and a great friend to everyone on the staff. She will be dearly missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family.” 

 The family of a teacher who was found dead in her Revere home is remembering the 30-year-old as a devoted mother who was “robbed of her future.” 
 
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 Vanessa MacCormack’s body was found late Saturday afternoon at her Revere home. 
 
 “Although she was only 30 and she was robbed of her future, she lived a happy life. She had the wedding of her dreams, her dream job (teacher), traveled, went out to eat, had the perfect baby, and loved her husband with every ounce of her soul,” MacCormack’s sister, Angela Masucci, said. 
 
 Investigators have released few details of her death, except to say that her body showed signs of trauma. 
 
 
 
 “My sister was the world's best mother. She did everything for her daughter and had so many plans for her: She was her world. She never missed an opportunity to bring her places to show off her beautiful baby,” Masucci said. 
 
 She was the mother of a 1-year-old girl and a second-grade teacher at Connery Elementary School in Lynn. 
 
 No arrests have been announced. 
 
 “My heart is so broken that she is gone. I just hope her legacy may live on and we get answers about her death,” Masucci said. 
 
 Anyone with information on the death or anyone who may have witnessed any suspicious activity in the area of Grand View Avenue during the day Saturday is asked to call Revere police at 781-286-8340 or State Police at 617-727-8817. 
 
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 Husband Charged with Murder in Grand View Avenue Death Investigation 
 
 REVERE, Sept. 26, 2017—Vanessa MacCormack’s husband was placed under arrest today amid the ongoing investigation into her homicide this weekend in the Grand View Avenue home they shared, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley, State Police Colonel Richard McKeon, and Revere Police Chief James Guido announced. 
 
 State Police homicide detectives assigned to the Suffolk DA’s office and Revere Police detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division this afternoon arrested ANDREW MacCORMACK (D.O.B. 3/2/88) at Revere Police Headquarters on a murder charge approved by Suffolk prosecutors. He is expected to be arraigned tomorrow in Chelsea District Court. 
 
 “Prosecutors and police detectives have worked literally around the clock since Saturday afternoon to solve Vanessa’s murder,” DA Conley said. “The evidence suggests that her murder was a crime of domestic violence, committed in the very place where she should have been safest – her own home. It was critical during the past several days to withhold certain information as we gathered the facts and evidence, and we’re extremely grateful for the cooperation of witnesses and partner agencies who helped us build this case.” 
 
 “Our thoughts and prayers go out to Vanessa’s family,” Chief Guido said. “I want to commend the Revere Police, State Police detectives, and Suffolk prosecutors for all of their hard work and many hours to resolve this case and bring justice for Vanessa and her family. To the community, we offer special thanks for their cooperation and patience during this trying time.” 
 
 “The State Police detectives and crime scene techs who investigated this homicide did very strong work, following the facts and evidence wherever they led,” Colonel McKeon said. “After a thorough, open-ended investigation, it was clear that those facts and evidence led to one person and one person only — and he is now under arrest. We are grateful to the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office and the Revere Police for this combined effort to find justice for Ms. MacCormack.” 
 
 Revere Police and emergency medical personnel responded to 93 Grand View Ave. just after 3:30 Saturday afternoon following a 911 call placed by Andrew MacCormack. They found Vanessa MacCormack, 30, inside the residence showing obvious signs of physical trauma. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner made preliminary findings that she had suffered a blunt force injury to the head, sharp force injuries to the neck, and asphyxiation. Evidence suggested that the killer made concerted efforts to clean up the crime scene and dispose of related items. 
 
 Today’s arrest followed the recovery of footage from private surveillance systems and public safety cameras, the execution of a search warrant by State and Revere police, interviews with multiple witnesses, examination of phone and other records, and many more investigative steps. 
 
 Police and prosecutors said the investigation remains active, and they continue to ask anyone with information to share it no matter how minor or peripheral it may seem. The Suffolk County State Police Detective Unit, which has jurisdiction over death investigations in Revere, may be reached at 617-727-8817 and the Revere Police Criminal Investigation Division may be reached at 781-286-8340. 
 
 The victims of any crime, including domestic violence, should call 911 in an emergency. SafeLink, a statewide domestic violence hotline, can also be reached at 877-785-2020. SafeLink is answered by trained advocates 24 hours a day in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, as well as TTY at 877-521-2601. SafeLink also has the capacity to provide multilingual translation in more than 140 languages. Survivors and those who care about them can search for nearby DV programs at http://janedoe.org/find_help/search. 
 
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 REVERE (CBS) — Investigators are seeking help from the public after a woman was found dead in her home Saturday afternoon. 
 
 Revere Police said Vanessa MacCormack, 30, was found unresponsive in her Grand View Avenue home around 3:30 p.m. 
 
 They said there were signs of trauma to MacCormack’s body, but did not say how she died. 
 
 “While the facts and circumstances do not immediately suggest a random incident, authorities said the investigation is still in its early stages,” Massachusetts State Police said in a statement. 
 
 Vanessa’s husband Andrew went to the house Sunday to pick up a baby chair and some other items. He left without saying anything, but stopped to break down and cry at the scene. 
 
 One of MacCormack’s friends told WBZ-TV’s Cheryl Fiandaca that they’re shocked about the second grade teacher from Lynn’s death. 
 
 “I can’t believe I have to use past tense. She was a beautiful, young, vibrant dedicated mother, wife, daughter, sister, co-worker and teacher. We are all just devastated,” the friend said. 
 
 MacCormack’s sister Angela Masucci says that Vanessa was an amazing sister and mother. 
 
 “Words could never describe my sister. My sister was the world’s best mother, she did everything for her daughter and had so many plans for her. She never missed an opportunity to bring her places to show off her beautiful baby,” Masucci said. 
 
 Masucci also says that Vanessa was a dedicated family person. 
 
 “She is the true definition of a family oriented person. She always held get togethers at her beautiful home, that she designed to be like a home on HGTV, and always strived to get the family together. Aside from being close to me, she also adored my brother Joe and his wife and son,” Masucci said. “She talked to them everyday and was ecstatic that her daughter had a cousin close in age to grow with. My sister had the closest relationship with my parents. Them and myself went to her house every single day because she always wanted us there; she just loved family.” 
 
 Reacting to the discovery, Lynn School Superintendent Dr. Catherine Latham said Lynn Schools are saddened by the news. 
 
 “On behalf of Lynn Public Schools, we are profoundly saddened by the tragic death of Vanessa MacCormack, a second-grade teacher at the Connery Elementary School. Vanessa taught at Connery for five years and was in the district for seven years,” Latham said. 
 
 “She was a talented, dedicated and passionate educator and a loyal, kind and compassionate friend and colleague. We send our deepest sympathies to her family, friends and colleagues. Grief counselors will be at Connery beginning tomorrow and all of this week to assist students and staff at this most difficult time,” Latham said. 
 
 MacCormack’s Principal at Connery School, Dr. Mary Dill, echoed Latham’s thoughts. 
 
 “Our school community is heartbroken. Vanessa was loved by students, parents and colleagues. She was involved in every aspect of the school and a great friend to everyone on the staff. She will be dearly missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family,” Dill said. 
 
 School officials also say grief counselors will be at the school Monday. 
 
 And the incident still has MacCormack’s neighbors wondering if they’re in danger. Neighbor Hugh McLellan is concerned for his wife. 
 
 “I get a little nervous I guess. I have my sick wife upstairs,” McLellan said. 
 
 Another neighbor, Tony Gnerre says what happened Saturday night is unusual. 
 
 “Usually we don’t see anything of this kind going on, but you don’t know,” Gnerre said. 
 
 Gnerre said the MacCormack’s were quiet people and that he sometimes saw them mowing the lawn. “There were no arguments, no parties, no anything,” He said. 
 
 Investigators said that anyone with information about her death or who was in the Grand View Avenue area throughout the day should contact Revere Police–and that any observation of people, vehicles, or activity could be helpful.
– Days after a second-grade teacher was found murdered in her home in Revere, Mass., a state police chief says an investigation has "led to one person and one person only, and he is now under arrest." Andrew MacCormack was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder in the death of his wife of two years, Vanessa MacCormack, reports MassLive. Andrew MacCormack, 29, had called 911 Saturday shortly before authorities found 30-year-old Vanessa badly beaten in the couple's home. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner revealed she'd suffered blunt force trauma to the head, sharp force injuries to the neck, and asphyxiation, while "evidence suggested that the killer made concerted efforts to clean up the crime scene and dispose of related items." A neighbor who encountered MacCormack Saturday says he "was shaking, crying, saying, 'What am I going to do without her? I can't believe somebody … did this to her,'" per the Boston Globe. MacCormack—who studied criminal justice in college, per People—was also seen breaking down at the home on Sunday, reports WBZ. Yet footage from private surveillance systems and public safety cameras pointed to him as a suspect, police say. "The evidence suggests that [Vanessa's] murder was a crime of domestic violence," says Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. According to her sister, Vanessa "loved her husband with every ounce of her soul" and was "the world's best mother" to the couple's 1-year-old daughter. "My heart is so broken that she is gone," she tells WCVB.