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On a cold day in Boston, on January 29, 1988, the life of Joseph Elmer McCain, a 72-year-old White/Caucasian male, came to a quiet end. His passing, however, was the final chapter of a violent story that had begun thirteen years earlier. A veteran law enforcement officer, his death was the direct result of complications from a gunshot wound he sustained in the line of duty.

The fateful event that sealed his destiny occurred during a drug raid in the Hyde Park area of Boston. As a detectiv ...Read More
Victim Details

Joseph Elmer Mccain

Male

White / Caucasian

Boston

MA

1988-01-29

72

Joseph

Elmer Mccain

11/08/2025