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By Jeremiah Manion, Globe Staff

Published Dec. 1, 2023

The murder of Carol Stuart and the subsequent fallout was a major news story at the time, and was splashed across the pages of The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald for weeks. See how the story played out across a selection of front pages from the Globe and Herald spanning from October 1989 through January 1990.

Click on individual pages to read the stories as they appeared in that day’s paper.

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Front page of Boston Herald from Oct. 24, 1989.
Boston Globe front from Jan. 7, 1990
Boston Globe front from Jan. 22, 1990
Boston Globe front from Jan. 28, 1990
Boston Globe front from Jan. 14, 1990
Boston Globe front from Jan. 16, 1990
Boston Globe front from Jan. 8, 1990
Boston Globe front from Jan. 26, 1990
Boston Globe metro front from Jan. 5, 1990
Front page of The Boston Globe, Oct. 25, 1989. Lead headline reads "Reading woman dies after shooting in car."
Boston Globe front from Oct. 26, 1989
Boston Globe front from Jan. 21, 1990
Boston Globe from page Jan. 10, 1990
Boston Globe front page from Jan. 13, 1990
Globe front page from Oct. 27, 1989.
Boston Globe metro front from Jan. 6, 1990
Boston Globe front from Oct. 29, 1989
Boston Globe front from Jan. 20, 1990
Boston Globe front from Jan. 12, 1990
Boston Globe front from Nov. 13, 1989
Boston Globe front from Jan. 11, 1990
Boston Globe front from Oct. 28, 1989
Boston Globe front for Jan. 15, 1990
Boston Globe front from Jan. 6, 1990
Boston Globe front from Jan. 9, 1990
Boston Globe front from Jan. 5, 1990
Boston Globe front from Oct. 30, 1989
Boston Globe front from Nov. 1, 1989.
Boston Globe front from Dec. 29, 1989
Boston Globe front from Nov. 12, 1989

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