Hearing Delayed for DNA Evidence in Stanley Murder

CCB MEDIA PHOTO Eddie Mack of Roxbury, a suspect in the 2011 murder of Andrew Stanley in Hyannis, is led into Barnstable Superior Court.

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Eddie Mack of Roxbury, a suspect in the 2011 murder of Andrew Stanley in Hyannis, is led into Barnstable Superior Court.

BARNSTABLE – One of the suspects in the July 2012 murder of Andrew Stanley on Otis Road in Hyannis was in Barnstable Superior Court yesterday for a hearing and attorneys announced further delays in the case due to DNA testing.

Eddie Mack of Roxbury was brought into the courtroom during discussion of a delay in the hearing.

Barnstable First District Attorney Michael Trudeau asked that the hearing be delayed pending the results of DNA testing.

There are four suspects who are scheduled to be on trial for the murder of Stanley, who was 27 at the time of the shooting.

Besides Mack, there is Steven Webster of Dorchester, David Evans of Quincy and Keiko Thomas of Hyannis, who are facing murder and other charges in the case.

The suspects face the same charges under the theory of “joint venture” of the crime.

Mack was indicted on January 12, 2013 on one count each of murder, home invasion, armed assault and battery in a dwelling, armed robbery and carrying a firearm without a license.

Barnstable Superior Court Judge Gary Nickerson yesterday said the delays in the trial were inexcusable.

Judge Nickerson said, “It borders on scandalous” that there is a public expectation of scientific evidence for a trial and there is insufficient funding to get the scientific evidence in a timely fashion.

Considering the suspects were indicted back in January 2013, he asked why the DNA processing had not been completed.

“How on earth are we without DNA evidence at this time,” Nickerson asked.

Trudeau said the delays were partly due to the logistics of scheduling for the large number of attorneys in the case representing the four suspects. Mack is on his third defense attorney, Trudeau said.

“There have been a considerable number of scheduling issues,” Trudeau said.

The defense attorneys are seeking to process the DNA with their experts as well and with the change in lawyers, those experts have also changed, he said.

The next hearing for Mack is scheduled for September 14.



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