Apparent murder-suicide at George Scott III's New Bedford home: What DA Quinn has shared
NEW BEDFORD — An apparent murder-suicide of a father and son at 1643 Phillips Road in New Bedford's North End is under investigation, District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III said Friday.
Upon entering the residence Friday morning around 8:09 a.m. during a well-being check, Quinn said police located two deceased individuals. It appears from the evidence recovered to be a murder-suicide involving a Dante Hazard, age 8 and his father, George Scott III, age 53. Though it has not been confirmed by the State Medical Examiner's office, "Scott appears to have killed the boy with a sharp object before taking his own life. We are awaiting the medical examiner’s confirmation of these and other details," said Gregg Miliote, a spokesperson for the DA's office.
According to Quinn, evidence recovered from the scene includes several knives.
"It’s a very serious and tragic matter certainly for the family of the deceased," said Quinn.
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Quinn said Dante is the son of Lisa Hazard, who Scott reported missing to Fall River police in April 2019.
"As you may be aware, through our Missing Person Initiative, this case was one of the cases we highlighted," said Miliote.
He said the DA's office, Fall River and New Bedford police and State Police have been investigating the March 2019 disappearance of Hazard. Quinn said his office was at the property on May 17 with a search warrant relative to a missing person investigation related to Hazard.
"Those warrants have been sealed by the court as part of the ongoing investigation," said Quinn.
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As reported by The Standard-Times in a Dec. 29, 2020 article, Hazard's last known whereabouts were her being en route to a New Bedford rehabilitation facility.
Lisa Hazard grew up in Taunton
In 2020, Eddie Pimental, of Taunton, told The Herald News that Hazard grew up in Taunton and is a graduate of Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School.
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Pimental said at the time of her disappearance she alternately had been spending nights and days at her mother’s Fall River apartment and the apartment in Taunton where Pimental lived with his mother.
According to Pimental in his 2020 interview, he had last spoken to Hazard the night of March 4, 2019, when she told him she was packing in anticipation of getting a ride from New Bedford to enter a drug rehabilitation facility. Pimental said she went missing after visiting her then-3-year-old son for a couple days at the New Bedford home of the boy's biological father.
George Scott III: Son of Red Sox player George 'Boomer' Scott
Miliote confirmed Friday George Scott III is the son of the late George "Boomer" Scott, who played first base for the Boston Red Sox in the 1960s and '70s. On his Twitter profile he identifies himself as a "Proud Dad,Former Pro Athlete and Son of George “Boomer” Scott of the Red Sox / Host of @BoomersBase Podcast / https://tgacards.com".
What's happening with Hazard investigation?
Miliote also confirmed Friday afternoon that the investigation into her disappearance remains active and Scott is a person of interest in that investigation.
This article originally appeared on Standard-Times: Murder-suicide apparent in New Bedford, MA, at 1643 Phillips Road
