BOSTON — Gerald Craffey, the man convicted of second-degree murder for the 1991 killing of Corrine Flynn in Hyde Park, will appear before the State Parole Board for the third time Thursday seeking his release. Corrine’s Flynn’s family will testify against Craffey.
“He should be in there for life, it’s not enough time. When you rape and murder a weak woman, it’s just not enough time. He should be in there for life,” David Comperchio, the victim’s brother said.
Corrine Flynn was a single mom. She lived with multiple sclerosis and needed a cane to walk. On the night of her murder, Corrine was in her Hyde Park home alone; her 8-year-old daughter, Courtney, was not home.
Gerald Craffey and Corrine Flynn knew each other. In 2010, at his first parole hearing, Craffey told the board he flew into a blind rage when Corrine rejected his sexual advances.
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“All the emotions that came up in me of being rejected and now, she’s going to tell on me, and I lost it at that time,” Craffey told the parole board in 2010.
Craffey apologized to Corrine’s family at each of his parole hearings, and he likely will again at his next hearing. Corrine’s family is not accepting it.
“It’s really about him; it comes across when you listen to him,” Carolyn Comperchio, Corrine’s sister-in-law said. “The only person he feels bad for is himself.”
When Corrine’s family testifies at the parole hearing, they will present a petition of 25,000 signatures they collected of people opposing Craffey’s release.
“I’m like blown away by the number of people. I don’t know 25,000 people,” Courtney Stenstrom, Corrine’s now-adult daughter, said. “People are signing it [who] I don’t even know, who just wouldn’t want that person to be their neighbor.”
The Craffey parole hearing takes place Thursday at 10 a.m. Check out the family’s petition here.
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