​   Joseph Savitch & Louis Alexander

                                             Unsolved Murders 1994 - Masardis, Maine 



         Joseph Savitch (59) of Swansea, and Louis D. Alexander (60) of Somerset had lengthy criminal records and were well known to law enforcement in Southeastern Massachusetts.

    Joseph owned a home in Masardis Maine, and returned yearly for hunting. The house became the location they would return to after committing break-ins in Maine. Many of the home burglaries involved thefts of safes that would be transported to the remote location where they would break them open.

        In 1994, Joseph, Louis, Jonathan Vendituoli (38) and Timothy O'Connell (62) were all indicted for a string of burglaries in Aroostook County Maine. Jonathan and Timothy plead guilty, served their and time and were released. Louis appeared for his initial court appearance. In February 1994 Joseph and Louis were reported missing to the Masardis Police Department.

  On August 10, 1997, a hunter discovered the remains of Joseph and Louis in a shallow grave about a mile from the residence Joseph and Louis were residing at in Masardis. It took three (3) months for DNA to positively identify them, and their deaths were ruled homicides and remain unsolved. 

Louis was buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery; Joseph was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Fall River.

    There is strong belief the men were shot to death by organized crime rivals. 

Joseph Savitch

  Joseph was found guilty in 1962 of assaulting a sailor outside a city bar. In 1967, he was sentenced to two (2) years in the House of Correction after he plead guilty to assault and battery. In 1987, Joseph was one (1) of ten (10) people indicted in connection with a plot to transport $5 million worth of marijuana from Florida to the by using a senior citizens’ tour bus.

Louis Alexander 

​    In 1970 Louis was shot in the stomach by a Westport Massachusetts police officer while breaking into Head of Westport Post Office. Police believed thieves were after the post office safe, the shooting occurred when Louis attempted to flee the scene. After being hospitalized, then released on bail, Louis fled the state in February 1972; he was recaptured in August of 1972 in Alabama, after committing house break-ins in Mississippi and returned to Massachusetts. Eventually he was convicted in the post office break and was sentenced to 9 to 12 years.