Update: Due to circumstances beyond the family’s control we were just notified that the mass location has been changed and will now be held at Saint Joseph’s located at 262 Washington Street Somerville 02143 at 4:pm on Saturday April 1st instead.

By William Tauro

A mass for Deanna J. Cremin will be held Saturday April 1st at 4:00pm at St Anne’s Parish that’s located on Medford Street in Somerville.

Cremin was a student of Somerville High School. She did volunteer work at Somerville Cable Access Television, worked with third graders at the Child Development Program at her school, and worked at Star Market.

On March 29, 1995, Deanna Cremin followed her usual Wednesday routine of going out with friends and visiting her boyfriend. Her curfew was 10 pm; when she was not home by midnight, her mother tried unsuccessfully to reach her on her pager. Her boyfriend, considered the last person to see Cremin alive, admits walking her home that night, but says he left her halfway, which, according to Deanna’s mother, was unusual, as he had always walked her all the way home prior to that night.

Cremin’s body was found four days after her 17th birthday, at 8 a.m. on March 30, behind a senior housing complex, less than a block from her home. She was found by two children she babysat for who were taking a shortcut on their way to school. Her body was lying on its back, and mostly undressed. She had been strangled and sexually assaulted.

An autopsy revealed she had been strangled, and her murder remains unsolved.

Murder of Deanna Cremin:

Deanna J. Cremin (March 26, 1978 – March 30, 1995) No charges have ever been filed. The case deeply shocked the local community, and a $70,000 reward is being offered for evidence leading to an arrest and prosecution.