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The Wakefield massacre was a mass murder that occurred on Tuesday, December 26, 2000, at Edgewater Technology in Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States, when 42-year-old Michael "Mucko" McDermott, an application support employee, shot and killed seven of his co-workers with a shotgun and a semi-automatic rifle.

He was found by police sitting calmly and stated that he didn't speak German. At trial, he stated that he was born without a soul and that God had allowed him to earn a soul by traveling back in time to kill Nazis. However, the prosecution asserted that the killings were motivated by his employer's garnishing of his wages to the IRS, to pay back taxes.

He was found guilty of seven counts of first degree murder and sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.

Shooting
The weapons he used were an AK-47 variant, a 12-gauge shotgun, and a .32 caliber pistol. He fired off a total of 37 rounds, shooting his victims in the back of the head repeatedly.

Fatalities

 * Janice Haggerty, 46, office manager
 * Jennifer Bragg Capobianco, 29, marketing
 * Cheryl Troy, 50, vice president of human resources
 * Rose Manfredi, 48, accountant in payroll department
 * Louis Javelle, 58, director of consulting
 * Paul Marceau, 36, development technician
 * Craig Wood, 29, human resources

Perpetrator
Michael Morgan McDermott was born as Michael McDermod Martinez in Marshfield, Massachusetts on September 4, 1958. He was the second of four children of Richard and Rosemary Martinez, who both worked as teachers and were members of the local historical society. As a teenager McDermott often helped his parents in their community work and was a member of the Marshfield High audio-visual club. In 1976 he graduated from Marshfield High, where he was rather popular among his peers, according to a former classmate.

On June 28 the same year McDermott enlisted in the navy and served in several submarine training schools until September 1, 1977, when he was assigned to the Nuclear Power Training Unit in Idaho Falls. From April 5, 1978 to April 23, 1982 he served as an electrician on the USS Narwhal and was finally sent to the Personnel Support Detachment at the naval station in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1980 he changed his name to Michael Morgan McDermott. On June 27, 1982 McDermott was honorably discharged with the rank of Electrician's Mate Petty Officer Second Class.

From 1982 to 1988 McDermott worked for the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, where he trained to become a reactor operator, though never managed to attain the position. After quitting his job at the power plant he moved to Weymouth and began working as a technologist in the battery products group of Duracell in Needham in 1990. On September 26, 1992 McDermott married Monica Sheehan, a former high school acquaintance, though they seperated in May 1996 and finally divorced in 1997, whereupon he gained a lot of weight and adopted an increasingly shaggy look. In February 2000 McDermott resigned from his job at Duracell when the company was about to move to Bethel, Connecticut, although he was offered a job at the new location, and ultimately joined Edgewater Technology in March.

On October 31 McDermott moved out of his apartment in South Weymouth after failing to pay his rent, leaving the place in a shabby state and owing the owner $1,720, and moved into an apartment in Haverhill.

Imura said he had to completely renovate the apartment after McDermott vacated it due to a broken dishwasher, holes in the walls, a torn carpet and the remnants of a flood He soon moved to Haverhill, 30 miles north of Wakefield. Kevin Forzese, who lived upstairs from McDermott in Haverhill, said he had mentioned that he collected antique guns "but kept quiet and never talked about the company."

well read as an adult If you did him wrong or if you disrespected him, he would not only try to get even with you but slightly ahead," Joy said Mucko, reportedly a nickname coined by a nephew of his who could not pronounce Michael properly, he had it on his state vanity plate, registered the Internet domain name www.Mucko.com (although he never built his own site), and used it as his cyberspace handle. Mike Stanley, a co-worker of McDermott at Edgewater, said he was "strange and quirky" around the office, adding bluntly: "Of all the people that I thought could have done this, it was him."

Joy said McDermott was a decent enough comrade, but that he "could lash out" sometimes if he felt insulted or slighted "in ways that might really shock you."

"He once cut my leg with a knife," Joy said. "I don't think he meant to get so close and he was apologetic. It wasn't intentional but it's the kind of thing a person does without thinking. Just one of those screwy things that said something about his character."

Another co-worker, a woman who spent time with McDermott when he was at Duracell, told the Herald: "He seemed a little odd. He used to look like a hillbilly. He wore overalls and work boots and had a ponytail. You just noticed him. I never saw him talking to people. He wasn't ever with people socializing or interacting."

Krusell, a friend of the family for decades, said she "heard rumors" that McDermott "had problems" recently, but did not elaborate. His defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, said in court yesterday that his client had emotional problems and is on medication.

ABC News reported that he was taking anti-depressants, but that could not be confirmed last night.

Trial and Conviction
He was found guilty of seven counts of first degree murder and sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.

In the court session following the crimes, McDermott claimed he had "Travelled back in time and killed Hitler and the last 6 Nazis."

In 2008 this case was studied on the psychology programme Most Evil.

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 * Gunman kills seven co-workers at Internet consulting firm, IT World (December 29, 2000)
 * Gunman kills 7 at net firm, The Guardian (December 27, 2000)
 * Seven killed in US shooting spree, TVNZ (December 27, 2000)
 * Heavily Armed Gunman Kills Seven in US, People's Daily (December 27, 2000)
 * Seven dead after boston office shooting, Boca Raton News (December 27, 2000)
 * US software worker accused of killing seven colleagues, Personnel Today (December 27, 2000)
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 * Man arraigned in worksite killings, Eugene Register-Guard (December 28, 2000)
 * 7 co-workers die in office rampage, Toledo Blade (December 27, 2000)
 * Prosecutors detail rampage, Toledo Blade (December 28, 2000)
 * Gunman kills seven at US internet company HQ, RTE News (December 26, 2000)
 * Man kills seven co-workers, St. Petersburg Times (December 27, 2000)
 * Edgewater Technology Engineer Charged With Killing Seven Coworkers, CRN (December 26, 2000)

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