Overview
- Police responded to a 911 call just after 3 a.m. on Saturday and found a woman inside an apartment at 240 Canal Street with a severe head wound who later died at Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital.
- Twenty-one-year-old Tyler Halley was charged with murder and related weapons offenses, pleaded not guilty at his May 26 arraignment, and Judge Carol-Ann Fraser ordered him held without bail.
- Prosecutors have filed a motion to impound case materials to restrict public access to sensitive evidence while the investigation and pretrial work continue.
- Massachusetts State Police, Lawrence police, and the chief medical examiner’s office are conducting forensic and investigative work and the medical examiner’s formal findings on cause and manner of death are pending.
- Authorities have not released the victim’s identity, and the case could prompt further court hearings, discovery disputes over evidence access, and continued forensic updates that will shape next steps in prosecution.