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Joseph Savitch

Death by Force
Case Description
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For three long years, the whereabouts of Joseph Savitch, a 58-year-old Caucasian male, and his associate Louis Alexander remained a troubling mystery. The two men, both from the Fall River area of Massachusetts, had vanished in 1994, leaving behind more questions than answers. The silence was finally broken on a summer day, August 15, 1997, when a bear hunter stumbled upon a shallow grave tucked away in a wooded area of Masardis, Maine. Inside were the remains of the two missing men, their disap ...Read More
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  • Murder of Louis Alexander and Joseph Savitch
  • New Bedford Standard-Times: Skeletal remains were 2 SouthCoast men
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    Victim Details

    Joseph Savitch

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    Masardis

    ME

    1997-08-15

    58

    Joseph

    Savitch

    11/05/2025

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