Joseph Wright, 23, of Lynn was captured Tuesday after he attempted to flee to Canada.
This Wednesday, May 2, 2012, booking photo released by the Aroostook County, Maine, Sheriff's Office shows Joseph Wright, 23, of Lynn, Mass. Wright was taken into custody Tuesday as he crossed from Maine into Canada. He is charged in the deaths of two women, including his mother Donna Breau, found dead Tuesday outside Lynnhurst Elementary School in Saugus, Mass. (AP Photo/Aroostook County Sheriff's Office)SAUGUS — A Lynn man has told authorities he cut the throats of his mother and grandmother, who were both found dead near a Massachusetts school, according to court documents.
Joseph Wright, 23, of Lynn was captured Tuesday after he attempted to flee to Canada. He agreed during a hearing Wednesday to return to Massachusetts to face murder charges in the deaths of his mother Donna Breau, 54, and his grandmother, Melba Trahant, 83.
The Essex District Attorney's office said he is to be arraigned Thursday in Lynn District Court.
Wright was taken into custody after he crossed from Maine into Canada.
Investigators said he tried to flee in his vehicle when officials on the Canadian side of the border tried to question him, said Shelbe Benson-Fuller, spokeswoman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Wright then abandoned his vehicle about two miles from the border and ran into the woods before the Royal Canadian Mounted Police caught him, she said.
Authorities took Wright to Houlton, Maine, on Wednesday. During a brief hearing before a judge via video conference, he agreed to return to Massachusetts.
Wright lived with his mother in Lynn, one floor above Trahant. He told authorities he left the knife at Trahant's apartment, according to an affidavit filed in Lynn District Court.
Wright was driving Trahant's car when he crossed into Canada. Investigators said they found blood at the residences, on the car's windows and rear fender, and on Wright's undershorts.