MILLIS, Mass. — On Mother’s Day 2009, Natick native Stacey Burns was found stabbed to death in her home in New Hampshire.
There has never been an arrest in the case, but Boston 25 News has learned the victim's ex-husband has been arrested in Massachusetts and charged with stabbing a man in his home in Millis.
Edward Burns is a central figure in the investigation into Stacey’s unsolved murder.
His divorce from Stacey was ugly. At one point, Stacey took out a restraining order against him, claiming abuse and that he said at one point -- death before divorce.
Stacey was found murdered just about a day before the two were supposed to meet up again in divorce court to talk about child support.
Authorities have not called Edward Burns, or anyone else a suspect, but now Edward burns is facing charges that attacked a man with a knife in his home in Millis.
This is an arrest photo of Edward Burns from the night of July 18.
According to police reports, Burns stabbed a Millis man in the back with a ten-inch kitchen knife during an argument.
Two witnesses told police they heard burns say he was going to stab the man, then they heard the man yell back at burns, that he had in fact stabbed him.
The victim in this case was hospitalized and survived the attack.
Stacey Burns was found brutally stabbed to death in her home in Wolfeboro, N.H. on Mother’s Day 2009.
Two of her five children were in the house when their mother was killed.
The crime shocked the Granite State.
At the time of the murder, Edward Burns told another media outlet he was in Boston at a party.
We were not able to reach him for that report. However, Boston 25 News briefly spoke to Edward Burns on the phone Monday.
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