SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Three bodies were pulled from a home on Page Boulevard in Springfield.
The disturbing saga started five days ago when police pulled over 47-year-old Stewart Weldon for a broken tail light.
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Police say Weldon then led them on a "very dangerous pursuit and violent struggle" and was eventually arrested.
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Police found a distraught and badly beaten woman in the car who told them Weldon had bludgeoned her with a hammer and raped her repeatedly. She said Weldon had been holding her captive for a month.
"Thank you for saving my life," the woman told officers, according to a police report. "I never thought I would get away."
The woman was taken to a hospital with what police called "grotesque and violent" injuries, including a possible fractured jaw, stab wounds to her abdomen, marks from being hit with a blunt object and a leg infection.
Investigators executed a search warrant at Weldon's home, where they found three bodies.
Neighbors told Boston 25 News the stench was overwhelming as police removed the bodies. Everyone who lives in the area told us they are stunned to think a possible serial killer may have been living among them.
The names, ages or genders of the bodies have not been released.
Weldon is being held on $1 million bail for kidnapping and sexually assaulting and torturing a woman. Weldon had not been charged in connection with the discovery of the bodies.
Investigators are back at the house Friday morning where our crews saw them wearing sanitary suits and boots. Their search could last through the weekend.