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Erik Hacker Weissman

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Erik Hacker Weissman

Birth
Brighton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
11 Sep 2011 (aged 31)
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.2888361, Longitude: -71.1811389
Memorial ID
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Crime victim. He was born in Boston's Saint Elizabeth Hospital and attended the now defunct "Pilot School" at CRLS. He was a bodybuilder. He was outspoken about his Jewish faith and an active member of his synagogue. On Saturday September 11, 2011 he @31 had gathered together with 2 friends, Raphael=Rafi M. Teken @37 and Brendan Halley Mess @25, had gathered together in the latter's Harding Avenue apartment to watch a televised football game with the New York Jets vs Dallas Cowboys and all 3 were texting about the game. It appears they were killed about 9pm in a gruesome slaying. Police found them on September 12, 2011 about @2:25pm with their throats slit and their bodies covered with marijuana and $5000 in cash. The triple murders remained a mystery for over a year, but updated info indicates that the murderers were Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Ibragim Todashev. On September 16, 2011 @10am a graveside service was held at the Independent Pride of Boston Cemetery on Baker Street in West Roxbury, MA. After his death, in his honor, his relatives in Israel planted trees in the Carmel Mountains outside Haifa.
Crime victim. He was born in Boston's Saint Elizabeth Hospital and attended the now defunct "Pilot School" at CRLS. He was a bodybuilder. He was outspoken about his Jewish faith and an active member of his synagogue. On Saturday September 11, 2011 he @31 had gathered together with 2 friends, Raphael=Rafi M. Teken @37 and Brendan Halley Mess @25, had gathered together in the latter's Harding Avenue apartment to watch a televised football game with the New York Jets vs Dallas Cowboys and all 3 were texting about the game. It appears they were killed about 9pm in a gruesome slaying. Police found them on September 12, 2011 about @2:25pm with their throats slit and their bodies covered with marijuana and $5000 in cash. The triple murders remained a mystery for over a year, but updated info indicates that the murderers were Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Ibragim Todashev. On September 16, 2011 @10am a graveside service was held at the Independent Pride of Boston Cemetery on Baker Street in West Roxbury, MA. After his death, in his honor, his relatives in Israel planted trees in the Carmel Mountains outside Haifa.

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  • Maintained by: HSifton
  • Originally Created by: sympatico
  • Added: May 19, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110810066/erik_hacker-weissman: accessed ), memorial page for Erik Hacker Weissman (19 Jun 1980–11 Sep 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 110810066, citing Independent Pride of Boston Cemetery, West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by HSifton (contributor 50142396).