Nora Nelson appeared in Charlestown District Court on Monday for a status hearing after her attorney, Ian Davis, filed for a mental competency evaluation on April 9. Nelson was charged with murder ...

Nora Nelson, 24, who was arrested at the scene on unrelated warrants, was charged with felony murder in the death of 65-year-old Joseph Donohue. She was arraigned on Friday. Sign up for our ...

Charlestown Municipal Court Judge Lisa Grant ordered the evaluation after Nora T. Nelson was examined by court psychologist Heather Jackson. Nelson, 24, was on Joseph R. Donohue’s houseboat in ...