Springfield mayor demands answers after bodies found in suspect's home

Springfield's mayor expressed his anger after three bodies were found in a suspect's home last week.

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Mayor Domenic Sarno issued a statement on Sunday about the incident, where three bodies were discovered at the home on Page Boulevard.

The man, identified as 47-year-old Stewart Weldon, had been charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting and torturing a woman, a prosecutor said on Thursday.

Sarno showed his displeasure with the situation in the statement, calling out the judicial system in the process.

"This neighborhood is filled with good and diverse working class individuals and families, who like me, ask - why was this guy out on our streets!?" Sarno wrote. "Steward R. Weldon is another 'choir boy' let go by our judicial system. When will some of our judges realize that 'animals' like this have no respect for life, our courts, or GPS devices?"

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Sarno said how appreciative he was of the area's police department, and their work to take the suspect into custody.

"Thank God our Springfield Police Department arrested him once again so he could not continue his destructive path of mayhem," Sarno wrote. "I firmly believe the proactive actions of our SPD saved this young lady's life. And to those affected families of this incident, my thoughts and prayers go out to them."

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