Retrial begins for former Massachusetts corrections officer charged in girl’s 1988 death [Video]

A retrial began Tuesday for a former Massachusetts corrections officer accused of killing an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl 35 years ago. Marvin “Skip” McClendon Jr. was arrested at his home in Alabama in April 2022 and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the deadly stabbing of Melissa Ann Tremblay of Salem, New Hampshire.“He did assault and beat Melissa Ann Tremblay,” prosecutor Jessica Strasnick said. Tremblay’s body was found at the old Boston & Maine Railway Yard on Sept. 12, 1988.The sixth grader had been with her mother at the LaSalle Social Club in Lawrence, a block from the rail yard. She wandered out and was never seen alive again.“Stab wounds to her abdomen, two stab wounds to her rib cage and her throat slit,” Strasnick said.Prosecutors showed video of when police first talk with McClendon in his Alabama home alleging he knew details about the crime never made public.”Some …