John Boyer

Death by Force

John Boyer, a 68-year-old male, died on February 3, 2019, in Groton, Massachusetts. What is publicly known is spare: his death is recorded online as a “death by force,” a stark phrase that hints at violence without revealing its shape. The few lines that exist place his name and date with certainty, but they leave the scene itself in shadow—no description of a street at dusk, no mention of the weather that day, only the quiet finality of the record.

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