Authorities say the conch shell was one of the murder weapons Rose Marie Moniz, 41, was found beaten to death in her home in New Bedford, Mass., in March 2001. The murder weapons were a fireplace ...

For 20 years, a mother’s violent murder remained unsolved without any new suspects — until one of the weapons used in her killing — a conch shell — was tested for DNA. The inside of this conch shell ...

DNA collected from inside a conch shell, a weapon used in the alleged fatal bludgeoning of a Massachusetts woman in 2001, led to the murder indictment of her half-brother, officials said. David Reed, ...

Rose Marie Moniz, 41, was found beaten to death in her home in 2001 — with a conch shell among the weapons used The case remained unsolved until 2019, when DNA found inside the shell led police to her ...