Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The Easton teen who was arrested for allegedly killing his mother had his charges upgraded to murder.
17-year-old Easton resident and former Southeastern Regional student Matthew Worster is awaiting a new arraignment date after his charges were upgraded last week from "armed assault with intent to murder" to "murder." Worster allegedly shot and killed his mother, Beth Spartichino, in the back earlier this month before burying her in a 4-foot grave in the back yard of her Union Street home. The body was brought to a lab in Boston where an autopsy was conducted. In Worster's original arraignment on May 5, Bristol County Prosecutor Bill McCauley said a foot print was found near Spartichino's grave that matched Worster's shoe. The 17-year old also allegedly told his younger brother on May 4 "I shot her" and "It's over." Prosecutors and court …
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Sunday, May 8, 2011
The slain Easton mother was remembered by friends in Weymouth and on her obituary page Sunday.
"Beth would want to be most known for her love for her children," reads Beth Spartichino's obituary on the Kane Funeral Home website. The Easton mother of three was allegedly shot and killed by her son, Matthew Worster, less than a week before Mother's Day and buried in her Union Street back yard. Worster, 17, is being held on $500,000 cash bail for armed assault with intent to murder. The charges may be upgraded to murder once autopsy results are in, prosecutors said Thursday. Family and friends are describing Spartichino as "a loving mom" and "a healer." Members of Spartichino's zumba studio, Zass Fitness in South Weymouth gathered Wednesday morning for a special class that honored Spartichino's life and raised money to provide flowers …
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Friday, May 6, 2011
Beth Spartichino filed for a restraining order against her husband, Michael Worster in a 2010 domestic dispute.
Bristol County prosecutors say Matthew Worster was upset at a his parents' divorce when he alledgedly killed his mother Wednesday at their Union Street home in Easton. At the arraignment of Matthew Worster Thursday at Taunton District Court, Bristol County Prosecutor Bill McCauley said a separation between his mother, Beth Spartichino (formerly Worster), and Michael Worster caused their son, Matthew Worster, to become "increasingly bitter," resulting in Matthew Worster allegedly shooting and killing his mother. Court documents reveal that the divorce resulted in a number of domestic disputes and say that Spartichino at times feared that her husband would kill her and that he was coaching her three children to "treat her with contempt." …
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Kylie Moss
12:41 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
trying to help his brothers???? He may have been a 'good kid' to other 17 year old emotionally immature people, but in society, he is a bad kid. He killed his mother. He had one year left to emancipation if he didn't want to see her. He was a mess - druggie, school drop out. His mother was trying, and his father wasn't. He was making the situation worse. Matt should be charged as an adult for 1st… more ›