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Daniel Tavares Jr. behind his door at MCI-Cedar Junction. (Dominic Chavez/Globe Staff) |
A former Massachusetts man who served time for killing his mother with a carving knife in 1991 was arrested in Washington state yesterday on charges of killing a newlywed couple.
Daniel Tavares Jr. was arrested yesterday on two counts of aggravated murder, according to online booking records at the Pierce County jail. Sheriff's deputies booked him at the jail shortly after noon.
Tavares's wife, Jennifer Lynn Tavares, 37, was jailed for investigation of rendering criminal assistance and making false statements, authorities said.
The victims were Brian Mauck, 30, and Beverly Mauck, 28, who lived near Graham, Wash., not far from Tacoma. Officials from the sheriff's office said the Tavareses knew the victims and lived nearby, but they did not say how. A motive also was unknown, officials said. Nothing was believed to have been stolen from the Mauck's house.
A neighbor found the couple Saturday, after noticing that a door to their home appeared to have been kicked in, The Seattle Times reported.
Komotv.com in Seattle reported that Daniel Tavares, 41, moved to Washington after his release to marry a pen pal he had corresponded with while in prison.
In Massachusetts, Daniel Tavares had been convicted of manslaughter in the 1991 death of his mother, Ann Tavares, in their Somerset home. He was also charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of Richard Pires, a neighbor who intervened in the fatal argument between the mother and son.
Diane Wiffin, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Department of Correction, said yesterday that Daniel Tavares was "released to a warrant" on June 14 from MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole. Wiffin said Tavares had completed his sentence, but she did not disclose the length of his incarceration.
She said a warrant had been filed in another jurisdiction at the time of Tavares's release, but she refused to elaborate.
In a 2004 Globe story about inmates in a disciplinary unit at the Walpole prison, officials described Daniel Tavares as a troublemaker who frequently ended up in special confinement.
Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. Megan Woolhouse can be reached at mwoolhouse@globe.com.
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