WORCESTER, Mass. — DNA tests and analysis in Molly Bish’s homicide investigation do not match a sex offender who was named a person of interest last year in the lifeguard’s death, according to a family member.
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Molly was just 16 years of age on June 27, 2000, when she disappeared from her lifeguard job at Comins Pond in the Central Massachusetts town of Warren. Some of her bones were found three years later in the woods of nearby Palmer.
Last June, Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early identified a man named Frank Sumner as a person of interest in Molly’s case. Sumner was a violent sex offender who died in 2016.
Heather Bish, Molly’s sister, claimed in a new TikTok video that the DNA testing indicated no match with Sumner.
“The tests that we have been waiting on for the last year have come back not as a match for Frank Sumner,” Heather stated. “It’s really disappointing. I am not sure what the state police have on Frank Sumner, but I am not going to ask specifically for information on him anymore. I am going to open up the investigation again to everyone that we’ve looked at.”
A spokesperson for the DA’s office would not confirm Heather’s claim, saying, “Any discussion of evidence or the status of DNA evidence being tested is premature and inappropriate at this time.”
Sumner “remains a person of interest at this time,” the spokesperson added.
If you have any information on the Molly Bish case, you can call the Worcester DA’s anonymous tip line at 508-453-7575.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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