Woman is charged with murder of high-flying Boston attorney found stabbed on houseboat tied in duct tape

A pistillate has been charged with the murder of a high-flying Boston lawyer who was recovered stabbed to decease and bound with duct portion aboard his houseboat.

Nora Nelson, 24, is accused of the archetypal grade execution of Joseph Donohue, 65, who was discovered aboard the vessel at astir 10:45pm connected Sunday night.

She pleaded not blameworthy during a tribunal quality connected Friday wherever she shouted that it was, 'the archetypal clip I've ever heard of this happening successful my house', Fox19 reports.

Donohue was recovered dormant with aggregate stab wounds, portion his favored canine was besides discovered deceased floating successful the water, investigators said.

Prosecutors described however Donohue's household became acrophobic erstwhile they didn't perceive from him 2 days and called for a well-being check.

When constabulary got to his vessel they were greeted by Nelson who said her sanction was 'Casey' and informed officers Donohue was astatine a portion club, investigators said.

The tribunal heard she tried to unopen the constabulary retired and began frantically cleaning until the came in.

'When helium opened the sliding doors successful the chamber starring to a patio area, helium saw what would aboriginal beryllium identified arsenic 65-year-old Joseph Donohue's assemblage wrapped successful a achromatic and bluish covering, secured with duct portion and affixed with weights,' authoritative Rita Muse said. 

She added that cleaning supplied and humor was recovered successful assorted locations. A weapon thought to beryllium the execution limb was besides recovered successful the water.

Police allege that traces of Nelson's pinkish fingernails were embedded successful the victim's chest.

Nelson was initially named arsenic a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the gruesome case.

As investigators looked into the young woman, who is primitively from Tennessee, they recovered she had aggregate warrants retired for her apprehension from unrelated incidents dating backmost to 2023. 

She is presently facing charges successful Texas for giving constabulary a fake ID and was accused of assaulting her ex-boyfriend successful Boston.

In September 2023, she faced charges of battle with a unsafe limb connected a idiosyncratic implicit 60, threatening to perpetrate a crime, and malicious demolition of property.

And conscionable a period aft that incident, Nelson allegedly shoved her ex-boyfriend and broke aggregate items successful his flat aft refusing to determination retired erstwhile they broke up, a constabulary study said.

She had besides allegedly thrown a tv distant astatine her ex successful different attack, and helium accused her of owing him implicit $300,000, constabulary said. 

Nelson's attorneys said this week that she has nary transgression grounds successful Massachusetts and is simply a postgraduate from the University of Maryland with a grade successful machine science. They said she insists she is innocent. 

Donohue's household said that they were 'heartbroken by this unimaginable loss.'

'Joe was a fantastic household member, a cherished friend, and a trusted colleague. Always generous and kind, helium dedicated his beingness and vocation to helping others. He is loved and volition beryllium profoundly missed,' the household said, per the Boston Globe.