Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Best Friend, Brendan Mess, an Unsolved Killing

Unsolved Crime

Brendan Mess, best friend of “Tam” Tsarnaev, was found with his throat slit in 2011. Michael Daly reports.

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Published Apr. 23 2013 4:45AM EDT

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The bodies of 25-year-old Brendan Mess and two other men were found with their throats cut on September 12, 2011, in what police deemed a triple homicide related to the drug trade.

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Still-grieving relatives of the victims believe the men were killed the night before.

Michael Daly

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Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Best Friend, Brendan Mess, an Unsolved Killing

Brendan Mess, best friend of “Tam” Tsarnaev, was found with his throat slit in 2011. Michael Daly reports.

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