Boston Blotter: Murder in Roslindale, New Inquest in '86 Bishop Shooting

Blotter-Body-Outline.jpg -- Boston police investigated a murder in Roslindale this weekend. The killing happened on Stillman Road, and cops found wrapped packages of "white rocklike substance" at the murder scene. [West Roxbury Transcript]

-- Judge Mark Coven of Quincy District Court has ordered a fresh inquest into the 1986 shooting death of Seth Bishop at the hands of his sister, Amy Bishop, the suspect in the shooting spree at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. The inquest will also examine the police investigation of the incident. [Herald]

-- Somerville cops arrested an Arlington woman who allegedly lost it in front of the Somerville Hospital and started dumping her drugs everywhere. [Somerville Journal]

-- Kids are allegedly still sexting. [Metro West Daily]

All charges alleged until proven under law.

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