Man arrested in killing of 11-year-old Melissa Tremblay nearly 34 years after her death
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Police have arrested a 74-year-old man in the 1988 killing of 11-year-old Melissa Tremblay in Massachusetts, the Essex District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
Marvin C. McClendon Jr. was arrested Tuesday in Breman, Alabama, and placed in the custody of the Cullman County Sheriff's Office, District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said at a news conference.
McClendon "was placed under arrest and charged as a fugitive from justice based on an arrest warrant issued yesterday for the murder of Melissa Ann Tremblay," said a news release from Blodgett's office.
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