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“On Monday morning, our office announced the solving of the 1991 cold case homicide of Brent Davis.
Attached to that press release (see above) was a photo of the victim. The photo was provided to the Massachusetts State Police Trooper who headed up the cold case investigation by Mr. Davis’ mother.
After the photo was published in many media outlets, other surviving family members of the victim contacted our office to state that the victim’s mother made a mistake when she provided the photo to the state trooper. The photo disseminated to the media was actually Mr. Davis’ cousin, who is alive and well.
After speaking with Mr. Davis’s family members and following up with Mr. Davis’s mother, we can confirm that Mr. Davis’s mother did mistakenly provide the trooper with a photo of the victim’s cousin instead of the actual victim.
All parties regret the error and are asking the media to take down the previously distributed photo from their online news stories and replace it with one or both of the photos that are attached to this e-mail.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.”-Bristol County District Attorney’s Office.
