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07-23-2002, 11:19 AM
Woman Fatally Stabbed at Bridgewater Rest Area
Jul 18, 2002 1:00 pm US/Eastern
(Bridgewater-AP) -- A Rhode Island woman is stabbed to death after stopping to use the bathroom at a highway service area in Massachusetts. Charged with murder is a registered sex offender who worked at a Burger King in the rest stop.
It was around 4 a-m when an off-duty state trooper heard a scuffle in the ladies room of the service area off Route 24 in Bridgewater. The officer went to investigate, and said he found the woman bleeding on the floor, and a man standing over her with a knife.
Thirty-year-old Alexandra Zapp of Newport was pronounced dead at a local hospital. A prosecutor says Zapp struggled with her attacker, who police have identified as Paul Leahy of East Bridgewater.
Leahy was arraigned this afternoon in Brockton District Court and ordered held without bail.
Leahy was released from a Massachusetts prison in 1998 after serving 13 years of a rape sentence. He's listed on the state's registry of sex offenders.
In a statement, Miami-based Burger King called the crime "heinous" and said it was cooperating with investigators.
WBZ NEWS (http://wbz4.com/StoryFolder/story_1518391999_html)
That rest strop is on the way to my summer house and when we drove by on Friday there were all these news vans and people.... it's just scary...
Jul 18, 2002 1:00 pm US/Eastern
(Bridgewater-AP) -- A Rhode Island woman is stabbed to death after stopping to use the bathroom at a highway service area in Massachusetts. Charged with murder is a registered sex offender who worked at a Burger King in the rest stop.
It was around 4 a-m when an off-duty state trooper heard a scuffle in the ladies room of the service area off Route 24 in Bridgewater. The officer went to investigate, and said he found the woman bleeding on the floor, and a man standing over her with a knife.
Thirty-year-old Alexandra Zapp of Newport was pronounced dead at a local hospital. A prosecutor says Zapp struggled with her attacker, who police have identified as Paul Leahy of East Bridgewater.
Leahy was arraigned this afternoon in Brockton District Court and ordered held without bail.
Leahy was released from a Massachusetts prison in 1998 after serving 13 years of a rape sentence. He's listed on the state's registry of sex offenders.
In a statement, Miami-based Burger King called the crime "heinous" and said it was cooperating with investigators.
WBZ NEWS (http://wbz4.com/StoryFolder/story_1518391999_html)
That rest strop is on the way to my summer house and when we drove by on Friday there were all these news vans and people.... it's just scary...