SUN/Robert MillsLOWELL - More than a decade before James O'Neil was accused of trying to kill his wife by stabbing her over a half dozen times in the couples' Dracut home, O'Neil was investigated in connection with the high- profile murder of a 39- year- old Framingham man. O'Neil, 59, of 7 Sesame St., Dracut, was not charged in connection with the 2006 murder of Ed Schiller. The defendant enlisted a friend, James O'Neil, to help him," the 2015 SJC ruling states. " Defendant James O'Neil is arraigned in his bed at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington Wednesday. According to the SJC ruling and published reports, O'Neil's role in the Schiller matter went beyond just conducting surveillance.

Source: Daily Sun February 03, 2018 13:18 UTC