Bank Surveillance Photos of Suspect in Winchester Suspicious Death

WOBURN – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan today released two recent photographs from a bank’s ATM security camera of a man wanted in connection with the death of an elderly woman in Winchester.

“These photos from a few days ago are the most current we have found so far of Matthew McAveeney,” said District Attorney Ryan. “We are asking for the public’s assistance if anyone sees him, or knows of his whereabouts, to please contact the nearest police department or Massachusetts State Police detectives.”

The photos are date-stamped October 11, 2014.

An arrest warrant for Matthew McAveeney issued on Tuesday, October 14 following the discovery of his mother’s body by police inside an apartment at 200 Swanton Street in Winchester.

The suspect is charged with armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon resulting in serious bodily injury, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon on a person 60 years of age or older, assault and battery and two counts of cruelty to animals.  

Anyone with information on Matthew McAveeney is asked to call Winchester Police at 781-729-1212 or the Massachusetts State Police at 508-820-2121.