Crime & Safety
Ballistics Expert Links Bullet That Killed Tedeschi Clerk to Gun
The trial of Edward Corliss continued Monday. The paroled killer is accused of murdering convenience store clerk Surendra Dangol in 2009.
The murder trial of Edward Corliss, a 65-year-old paroled killer, continued Monday.
Prosecutors say Corliss shot and killed Tedeschi clerk Surendra Dangol during a robbery of the Monument convenience store in 2009.
Testimony today included a ballistics expert who said the bullet that killed Dangol matched a gun found on Revere Beach. Detective Martin Lydon testified that test firings of the gun yielded patterns on a test bullet that match the bullet pulled from Dangol's body. Prosecutors claim Corliss got rid of his gun by throwing it in the ocean in Revere.
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The Dec. 26, 2009 murder, at the , shocked JP. At the time, Corliss was on parole for killing a Salisbury convenience store clerk in 1971.
The prosecution's case is scheduled to continue Tuesday, with possible testimony from a man who says Corliss tried to get him to kill witnesses — including Corliss' own wife.
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The defense says a man seen in a surveillance video gunning Dangol down is not Corliss.
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