June 27, 2023
Christopher Ferguson, 41, appeared via Zoom in Newton District Court for the first time since his arrest Tuesday morning in connection with the deaths of Gilda "Jill" and Bruno D'Amore, ages 73 and 74, and Jill's 97-year-old mother, Lucia Arpino, who were stabbed and beaten.
Sometime overnight Saturday into Sunday, Christopher Ferguson, 41, allegedly broke into Jill and Bruno's Newton, Massachusetts, home through a window in the basement and brutally killed all three of them in what authorities say appears to be a botched, random home invasion. He lived in the neighborhood and was known to law enforcement.
Jill and Bruno were killed a day – maybe even hours – before they were scheduled to renew their wedding vows for...