LEOMINSTER, Mass. — A second man has been charged in connection with the 2021 murder of 19-year-old Franklin Mane, Worcester County District Attorney announces.
Jose Pacheco, 23, of Worcester, is accused of being an assailant in the murder of Mane.
Mane was murdered on May 12, 2021, after suffering multiple gunshot wounds. The State’s Medical Examiner labeled his death a homicide.
In May 2023, Wilbert I. Nieves, 25, of Fitchburg, was charged with murder, and his case remains ongoing.
Pacheco is currently being held in state custody for an unrelated charge and is expected to be arraigned in Leominister District Court on April 11.
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