Previous coverage of Philip Chism
DANVERS — Lawyers for accused killer Philip Chism on Wednesday unsuccessfully asked a Salem Superior Court judge to remove the prosecution’s e…
DANVERS — A Supreme Judicial Court justice, in a sharply-worded ruling released Friday, appeared to chastise two lower court judges for reject…
Lawyers for Philip Chism, the Massachusetts teen accused of raping, robbing and killing his Danvers High School math teacher, will call a well-known New York psychiatrist to testify about the teenager’s mental state during and after incident when his trial gets underway this fall.
DANVERS — A judge has denied Philip Chism's request to move his trial in the murder of teacher Colleen Ritzer out of Essex County.
DANVERS — A Salem Superior Court judge is expected to rule this week on whether to move the trial of Philip Chism out of Essex County.
Live updates from the courtroom as lawyers for accused killer Philip Chism seek to move his trial outside of both Essex County and the Boston …
DANVERS — Lawyers for accused killer Philip Chism argue that his right to a fair trial has been “poisoned” by extensive news coverage not only…
DANVERS — As a Supreme Judicial Court justice mulls whether to allow the release of the videotaped confession of accused killer Philip Chism, …
DANVERS — A Salem Superior Court judge on Tuesday suggested that the defense and prosecution in the case against accused killer Philip Chism l…
DANVERS — Lawyers for Philip Chism said Thursday that they will "certainly" ask a judge to move the Danvers teen's murder trial out of Essex County.
DANVERS — Lawyers for accused killer Philip Chism are appealing to the state’s highest court to keep his videotaped confession secret.
DANVERS — An Appeals Court justice has upheld the denial of a motion seeking to seal Philip Chism’s alleged confession to killing his Danvers …
DANVERS — Philip Chism had the presence of mind to tell investigators that Colleen Ritzer was responsible for her own death, a prosecutor argu…
The defense and prosecution are expected to make their arguments today as a motion to suppress evidence hearing in the Chism murder case conti…
DANVERS — Philip Chism told investigators that he cut Colleen Ritzer just once with a box cutter, and denied raping her.
DANVERS — Lawyers for accused killer Philip Chism have moved to suppress evidence in the case, including his alleged confession to the murder …
Note: The original version of this story named the wrong venue for the appeal. The ruling will be appealed in the Appeals Court.
In denying a motion to seal evidence in the case against Philip Chism, Salem Superior Court Judge David Lowy issued a ringing defense of the F…
DANVERS — A Salem Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that the public is entitled to see and hear the recorded police interrogation of Philip…
DANVERS — A Salem Superior Court judge is expected to rule Thursday on whether to impound a transcript and video of accused killer Philip Chis…
DANVERS — New details of what Philip Chism allegedly told investigators about the death of his teacher, Colleen Ritzer, emerged Friday during …
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DANVERS — Police were walking what a prosecutor called “an unbearable line” in the early morning hours of Oct. 23, 2013, as they searched for …
DANVERS — Weeks after quoting from a transcript of accused killer Philip Chism’s alleged murder confession in a motion to bar it from being us…
DANVERS — Weeks after quoting from a transcript of accused killer Philip Chism’s alleged murder confession in a motion to bar it from being us…
DANVERS — Philip Chism took the ride from Worcester State Hospital to a downtown Boston courthouse early Thursday morning.
DANVERS — A Suffolk County prosecutor said Friday in court that the process of turning over evidence to lawyers for Philip Chism, the Danvers …
DANVERS — A lawyer for Philip Chism, the Danvers teen charged in the rape and murder of Andover native and teacher Colleen Ritzer last October…
DANVERS — Since shortly after Philip Chism’s arrest in the slaying of his math teacher last October, prosecutors have had strong concerns abou…
DANVERS — Barring a pretrial appeal, accused killer Philip Chism will stand trial as an adult in October’s slaying of Danvers High School teac…
DANVERS — The attorney for the Danvers teen charged with raping and murdering his math teacher last October is arguing that the 1996 state law…
BOSTON — When the woman came out of the bathroom, accused murderer Philip Chism was standing a foot in front of her. He put his hands around t…
BOSTON (AP) — A Danvers teenager charged with killing his teacher is due in court this week on charges stemming from an assault on a Departmen…
DANVERS — Philip Chism, the Danvers teen awaiting trial in the rape and murder of his Danvers High School math teacher, was indicted Wednesday…
DANVERS — Immediately after attacking a female staff member at a Department of Youth Services detention center earlier this month, Philip Chis…
DANVERS — Since shortly after Philip Chism’s arrest in the slaying of his math teacher last October, prosecutors have had strong concerns abou…
DANVERS — There appears to be controversy between prosecutors and the lawyers representing Philip Chism, the Danvers teen charged with killing…
DANVERS — Philip Chism, the teen accused of killing his math teacher at Danvers High School, will not return to the Dorchester detention cente…
DANVERS — Philip Chism, the teen charged with murdering his Danvers High math teacher, has assaulted a female employee at the Dorchester deten…
DANVERS — Lawyers for the Danvers teen charged with raping and murdering a popular Danvers High School math teacher last fall will ask a judge…
DANVERS — Prosecutors have not revealed what they may have found on Philip Chism’s broken cellphone in a search of its contents earlier this year.
DANVERS — The recent ruling that juveniles convicted of first-degree murder are now eligible to seek parole after 15 years could affect the tr…
Philip Chism was back in Salem Superior Court this afternoon for arraignment on a new count of aggravated rape.
DANVERS — Prosecutors want to know if Philip Chism, the Danvers teenager charged with raping, robbing and killing his math teacher, Colleen Ri…
DANVERS — Philip Chism, 14, said just two words during his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery ye…
DANVERS — The handwritten note found next to Colleen Ritzer’s partially buried body said, “I hate you all.”
DANVERS — Nearly a month after Danvers High School math teacher Colleen Ritzer was killed, prosecutors have revealed grim new details about th…
DANVERS — The Danvers teenager charged with murdering his math teacher at Danvers High School last month won’t be in court Friday, after a jud…
SALEM — A Salem District Court judge has refused to lift an order impounding search warrant returns in the case of the Danvers High math teach…
SALEM — Prosecutors yesterday sought to dispel some of the more sensational speculation about the slaying of a popular Danvers High School tea…
DANVERS — Attorneys for The Salem News, Eagle-Tribune and other news organizations are challenging a Salem District Court judge’s order sealin…
The mother of Philip Chism, the 14-year-old suspected of killing Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer, released a statement through her …
DANVERS — Prosecutors and investigators continued to withhold details yesterday in the case of a slain Danvers High math teacher, citing, amon…
DANVERS — It was the last class of the day at Danvers High School when the students in Colleen Ritzer’s Algebra 1 class got up to leave.
DANVERS — Fourteen-year-old Philip Chism was a quiet kid, a soccer player and a skateboarder, and a newcomer to town who had moved here over t…
DANVERS — It started Tuesday night as two cases of missing persons: one, a teenage boy who was last seen at a local movie theater; the other, …
A Danvers teen was arraigned on a charge of first degree murder this afternoon in the slaying of a 24-year-old Danvers High School math teacher.
A teacher found dead outside Danvers High School has been identified as Colleen Ritzer, 24, of Andover. A 14-year-old student at the school, P…
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DANVERS — Lawyers for Philip Chism will call a well-known New York psychiatrist to testify a…
DANVERS — Long before a jury finally begins to hear the evidence against Philip Chism, charg…
DANVERS — Philip Chism was “calm and measured” as he told investigators what he wanted them …
