Suspect in Millbury stabbing made spontaneous confession, court documents say
By John Dyer, Globe Correspondent
WORCESTER -- The man accused of fatally stabbing his former girlfriend outside a Millbury restaurant where she worked as a waitress made an unprompted confession to police, according to documents filed today in court.
Justin Hiser, 30, made a "spontaneous statement about stabbing someone earlier in the night to Westborough police" after a chase Tuesday that ended in Southborough's town center. Ronda Healey, 27, of Worcester, was stabbed in the chest at 3:30 p.m. a few feet from the T.G.I. Friday's where she worked at The Shoppes at Blackstone Valley. She died shortly thereafter at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester.
In handcuffs and leg irons, Hiser shuffled into Worcester District Court today for arraignment wearing a blue prison jumpsuit. The slight man with spiky blond hair stood expressionless and said nothing during the proceeding, which lasted about five minutes.
Attorney Edward Ryan entered a not guilty plea on Hiser's behalf but did not offer a defense for his client. He told reporters after the hearing that he was still trying to determine the facts.
"He is very upset, very remorseful," Ryan said of his client. "He's, you know, almost in shock."
Healey is a mother of three children who lived with Hiser for a time on Gage Street in Worcester, prosecutors said. Patrolmen initially pursued Hiser on Tuesday because he was driving erratically and had struck two cars in Grafton and Westborough. No one was injured in the accidents, police said.
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