The Willie Horton story was likely a factor in the defeat of former Massachusett governor and Democratic Presidential nominee Mike Dukakis in the 1988 election, but it looks like former Massachusetts governor and Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney now faces a far worse situation involving the tragic murders of a newlywed couple in Washington.
In 1991, Massachusetts resident Daniel Tavares Jr. hacked his mother to death and slashed another man. Tavares, who already had a long rap sheet, was sentenced to 17-20 years in prison for his mother's murder. Tavares was known as a troublemaker in prison.
Besides allegedly assaulting two prison guards, he also:
threatened to kill the governor, the attorney general of MA, Bristol County Sheriff, and other law enforcement officials when released," according to a DOC document obtained by the Herald.
