"Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here"!
Contributing to this five-part series on Michael O'Keefe and The District Attorneys Office are both Peter Manso, Drew Segadelli, Esq. and Robert George, Esq. The articles were printed in the June 2008 Edition of the "Cape Cod Voice" published by Seth Rolbein. This editor is man of character, courage and integrity. The original source of the article was concealed pending investigation into the actions of our sitting District Attorney.
Excerpts from Invisible Eden: A Tale of Murder on Cape Cod, include author Maria Flook's opinion of Mike as a desperate bachelor. Poor Maria, she would use anything she had to to turn a dime. Mike, you're obviously not too bright!
Mary Clements
75 Pearl St. #2
Hyannis, MA 02601
October 28, 2008
Mr. Christopher H. Worthington
15 Castle Road
East Weymouth, MA 02189
Dear Mr. Worthington,
Please review the articles published recently in the Cape Cod Times enclosed with this correspondence. I have recently finished reading Invisible Eden: A Story of Love and Murder on Cape Cod. Also enclosed are copied pages of Ms. Flook’s writings describing her intimate relationship with Michael O’Keefe. Ms. Flook provides a detailed account of the relationship that she established with O’Keefe in the first chapter. I have previously forwarded Michael O’Keefe’s campaign records confirming that O’Keefe accepted a $50 campaign contribution from Flook before the investigation was closed. The author not only printed O’Keefe’s slanderous remarks about the private life of a homicide victim, she compromised the investigation and compromised the state’s case against Christopher McCowan. The callous and insensitive remarks nearly cost the prosecution a hard fought conviction. As you know the case is in the appellate process and it appears that the conviction may not be sustained.
Glenn Marshall, host of the fundraiser attended by Michael O’Keefe and Maria Flook, had a previous conviction of a sex offense in 1980. The District Attorney’s Office was aware of the violent nature of the rape and his criminal record. It also appears that Marshall did not register as a sex offender as required. The event designed to raise money for candidates was thrown by the Wampanoag Indian Tribe and the fundraising party was attended by a number of politicians and public officials. Maria Flook concedes that O’Keefe used her as a “date” for the event. Prior to their arrival at the party, O’Keefe shows autopsy photographs of the rape homicide victim and confides matters privy to the investigation to the author. Ms. Flook describes O’Keefe’s deliberate breach in detail in the first chapter of her novel. Mr. O’Keefe accepted campaign contributions including the one donated by Maria Flook at a campaign fundraiser hosted by a convicted rapist.
Michael O’Keefe was also well aware of the conviction of Royden Richardson on a sexual assault charge and his subsequent dismissal from the local probation department in Barnstable. O’Keefe served on the Barnstable Human Service Needs Committee with Richardson. The incident occurred under the tenure of O’Keefe’s predecessor Phillip Rollins. The Barnstable District Court was at one time under the auspices of Bristol County and senior attorneys at Bristol County District Attorney’s Office remember the incident well. O’Keefe lobbied for funds and resources to expand these negligent and substandard organizations. Many of these clinics provided treatment for the perpetrator in the homicide of your daughter, Christa. District Attorney Michael O’Keefe and executives of substandard organizations responsible for negligent services were members of the Barnstable Human Service Committee chaired by Richardson. As I have demonstrated in the past, Michael O’Keefe also accepted a number of campaign contributions from a number of human service organizations with representatives on the board.
I have since uncovered fifteen homicides that occurred in Hyannis prior to 1998 related to parties known at the NOAH Shelter. There have been a number of suicides and overdoses in recent weeks here in Hyannis related to these substandard organizations. O’Keefe was well aware of the violent propensity of the clientele at NOAH, but continued to accept campaign contributions and subsequently lobbied for their interests. Considering Mr. O’Keefe’s tendency to accept campaign contributions from sex offenders, I am not surprised that he has adopted such a cavalier attitude toward rape and homicide.
Lastly, I have enclosed an article printed in last week’s Cape Cod Times describing two burglaries at O’Keefe’s new lavishly built home in the neighboring town of Sandwich. As you can see, his service weapon has been stolen and unfortunately, I don’t have it.
Sincerely,
Mary Clements
DA Mike tried to run a dragnet DNA sweep of all available men in Truro. Christopher McCowan, later convicted in this crime, had long left the lower Cape for drug infested Hyannis. Earlier posts on this blog demonstrate that there is a problem with the DNA sample taken from McCowan. McCowan never volunteered any sample, and a number of workers at the State Crime Lab were fired for Mike's incompetence.
Meanwhile, as you can see, Mike was getting plenty while he was spilling the beans to a second rate jounalist with a voracious sexual appetite. Enter Maria Flook, or at least Mike enters Maria, and all hell breaks loose. If it weren't for informants that made this case, Mike would still be blaming the family.
Mary Clements
75 Pearl Street #2
Hyannis, MA 02601
April 29, 2008
Senator Robert O’Leary
The State House
Boston, MA 02601
Dear Senator O’Leary
Please consider the enclosed correspondence and relevant materials. I have explained extensively in the past about a compromise to child safety in Barnstable County. In addition, Citizens for Open Government is reviewing the documents and materials that I have forwarded to you in the past. COG is a growing citizen’s advocacy group effective at promoting voter awareness and mobilizing voting factions. I have spoken with representatives from The Office of Campaign and Political Finance in regard to registering as a Political Action Committee.
My sincerest apologies is my persistent complaints in the past have been difficult for you. I am content that the pressure group that I have joined will help my concerns be heard. I was fortunate to be introduced with citizens with website skills.
Sincerely,
Mary Clements
Mary Clements
75 Pearl Street #2
Hyannis, MA 02601
December 17, 2007
Mr. Peter Manso
592 Commercial Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Dear Mr. Manso,
Please review the enclosed correspondence, documents and court records pertaining to Christopher McCowan. It appears that there was never any DNA evidence available on McCowan at the time of the arrest of this defendant. The DNA sample was secured from McCowan subsequent to the coerced confession of Christopher McCowan. The effort to obtain the sample was compelled by Judge Joan Lynch pursuant to an unrelated felony conviction. The decision to compel McCowan to provide the sample was delivered three months subsequent to the arrest.
The arrest of Christopher McCowan was made based on prevarication that there was actually DNA evidence secured in possession of the state at the time. The ruse of DNA in possession of the state crime lab was not only used to coerce a confession from a confused suspect, but was convincingly reported to the public via the media. Christopher McCowan was clearly asking for an attorney throughout the interrogation. The state investigators had no compelling reason to record the interrogation and subsequent confession because the arrest occurred under false pretenses and before the state’s case had been fully established.
The network of jurisprudence, criminal lawyers, and law enforcement personnel were well aware that the arrest of McCowan is not clean and that all evidence obtained subsequent to the arrest would be excluded. The document forwarded to you was discovered in an obscure place in the Barnstable District Court files on Christopher McCowan. In addition, it appears that the defendant’s attorney is aware of the lack of evidence available at the time of the arrest. Francis O’Boy, Esq. could have suppressed any and all “fruits of the forbidden tree” as early as the arraignment of McCowan. The DNA dragnet in Truro remained in effect throughout the investigation and identification of McCowan as a suspect.
Christopher McCowan was certainly known to the criminal justice system and diverted into psychiatric care years before the rape and homicide of Miss Worthington. Judge Robert Welsh surrendered the probation of McCowan for failure to comply with the terms of his probation and refusal to attend required psychiatric therapy. Christopher McCowan was clearly demonstrating difficulty with anger management and demonstrated an increased propensity for violence and Judge Welsh was clearly apprised and fully aware.
The homicide of Miss Worthington occurred as McCowan was serving as an informant for The State Police and local law enforcement authorities. It is obvious that the local law enforcement, state authorities, the department of probation and the District Attorney’s Office completely dropped the ball on McCowan. McCowan was subsequently diverted into Gosnold, Inc. subsequent to the rape and murder of Miss Worthington. After the rape and homicide of Worthington, McCowan relocated to Hyannis and continued with court ordered treatment. He was well known to the properties adjacent to the NOAH Shelter and three permanent addresses all within walking distance of the Barnstable Police Department. McCowan was often seen in the Kendrick’s Bar and using narcotics in the adjacent apartments. The building not only attracted a number of convicted felons, narcotics addicts, and sex offenders, it also attracted the Barnstable Police Department and DEA Agents and personnel. The building was closely monitored and surveilled by local police and DEA for narcotics trafficking. McCowan continued his pattern of violence and was arrested three times by the Barnstable Police Department years after the homicide of Worthington and was in their custody three times as the investigation into the homicide and DNA dragnet continued.
The District Attorney’s Office clearly missed the boat and dropped the ball on Christopher McCowan. You can review the history that Michael O’Keefe had with fellow attorneys and judges that covered for his incompetence. Judge Joan Lynch was a former ADA under Rollins and a colleague and friend of Michael O’Keefe. Christopher McCowan was clearly known to law enforcement and was a patron of a crack house known to federal authorities and local police department. Please consider the documents and materials provided. Michael O’Keefe’s Office issued an arrest warrant for criminal harassment when I complained to local law enforcement about drug trafficking and associated violence at Kendrick’s and other properties adjacent to the shelter. They charged me and threatened to prosecute me when I disclosed that I was forwarding information on O’Keefe to Mr. Christopher Worthington, Esq., the father of the victim in this case.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Sincerely,
Mary Clements
