"17 years ago this month 16y/o Devonte Franklin was brutally murdered on an #MBTA bus in Dorchester. His murder remains unsolved. PLEASE someone knows who his killer is. Devonte & his family deserve justice. Call our CIU w/any info u have. U can remain anonymous. 617-222-1050. TY pic.twitter.com/52LodY4cre- MBTA Transit Police (@MBTATransitPD)"
""He told me the day that he died, he couldn't take it anymore," Maugé said. "He said I couldn't teach him, the streets were too tough. ... [He couldn't] do it no more, the extra buses, the long way home to avoid conflict. He gave up.""
Devonté Franklin, a 16-year-old from Roxbury, was stabbed to death around 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2008 while aboard an MBTA Route 28 bus near Blue Hill Avenue and Harvard Street in Dorchester. An altercation occurred on the bus; investigators did not determine its cause or identify the assailant. Franklin was taken to Boston Medical Center and pronounced dead. Investigators interviewed witnesses and searched for suspects, but the case grew cold. MBTA Transit Police renewed an appeal for information on X and provided a CIU tip line, with callers able to remain anonymous. Franklin's mother, Aretha Maugé, later joined a peace walk and said he had struggled with his parents' separation and bullying at school.
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