Massachusetts man charged with knife murder of 73-year-old father

PLYMOUTH – A 73-year-old man was stabbed to death in his Plymouth, Massachusetts, home Thursday morning. Matthew Paluzzi, the victim's son, will appear in court Friday on murder charges.

Stabbing in Plymouth

According to Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz, officers rushed to Anthony Paluzzi's home on Cedar Road in the Manoment neighborhood at 6:26 a.m. after his wife called 911. Paluzzi had been stabbed in the neck and died. Cruz said a large kitchen knife was found nearby.

Investigators then launched a search for Paluzzi's 26-year-old son, Matthew, who Cruz said is known to Plymouth police.

Matthew Paluzzi was found about three hours later at 9:45 a.m. on Columbia Road in Hanover, about 20 miles north of Plymouth.

Cruz told reporters at a press conference Thursday morning that Matthew Paluzzi is a “person of interest” at this point in the investigation, but no charges have been filed against him.

Later that day, prosecutors announced that Matthew Paluzzi had been taken into custody and will be arraigned on murder charges in Plymouth District Court on Friday.

“After a while, I came out and asked the cops because they were in the driveway, and I said, 'Is Tony OK?' And he said, 'No.'” Lisa Caola lives across the street and knows the victim, 73-year-old Anthony Paluzzi, the suspect's father. “They were wonderful parents, did everything; it's just sad, heartbreaking. I know they had some problems, but you can't even imagine something like this happening. Who could do something like this to their own father?”

Cruz declined to say what led to the stabbing, but said there was no danger to the public.

Matthew Paluzzi’s criminal past

Matthew Paluzzi is currently being held at the Plymouth Police Department for questioning.

Back in 2020, he was accused of threatening a woman with a gun in a Plymouth bank, according to a report from the Old Colony Memorial.