PHOTO COURTESY OF MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE
Pictured is murder suspect David Michael Grossack.
LYNN — The Essex District Attorney’s Office has obtained a warrant charging David Michael Grossack, 47, with murder in connection with the killing of a 56-year old Lynn woman.
According to a news release, Lynn police responded Dec. 29, 2016 to an apartment at 40 Newhall St. to investigate a reported death. Police found the body Kathleen Burgess. Her body was in an advanced stage of decomposition, the release said.
Authorities say they noted signs of a struggle at the scene. The release says the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, upon inspection of the body, ruled Burgess’ death a homicide by blunt force trauma and identified multiple facial fractures.
Police were notified of the scene by the victim’s daughter, who had gone to check on her mother after not hearing from her for several days, the release said.
Investigators say they learned that Kathleen Burgess was in a dating relationship with Grossack, and that he had been at her apartment.
Grossack was recently apprehended in Pittfield in connection with another homicide in Everett, the release said. He will be arraigned on the murder charge stemming from Burgess’ death Monday in Lynn District Court.
