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Killer doctor's son played key role in his demise as he recalls haunting sounds decades later
It was five days after Christmas in 1989 that Collier Landry heard what he said sounded like “a body hitting a wall.”
It was late at night, and the 11-year-old was in bed, not knowing that his mother, Noreen Boyle, was being murdered in their Ohio home.
“I will never forget those sounds – they haunt me,” the now-46-year-old told Fox News Digital. “But there was nothing I could have done to prevent what may have been occurring.”
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Collier Landry was 11 when he heard “scary sounds” that continue to haunt him. (Courtesy of Collier Landry)
“I was a little boy,” he shared. “I was asthmatic. My father was big and scary, and I was still trying to figure it out. But then when I heard my father’s footsteps down the hall, and I could see his shoes out of my peripheral vision in the doorway, I knew something had happened.”
Landry said he suddenly heard a voice “screaming inside of me.” It warned him not to look up. He pretended to be asleep.
“I am convinced to this day that if I had chosen to look up, I would not be sitting here right now,” said Landry.
Collier Landry is speaking out about his mother’s murder in the true-crime series, “A Plan to Kill.” (Oxygen)
The case that would become a local media circus is being explored on Oxygen’s true-crime series, “A Plan to Kill.” It examines the true tales of disturbed killers who spend weeks, months or even years plotting the demise of their victims.
Landry, who has launched a podcast, said it was important for him to detail how violent crimes impact the children of perpetrators.
“I think stories like these are really important to hear, to know that somebody can work for justice, to know that law enforcement will eventually listen to you, that you can get justice,” Landry explained.
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Noreen Boyle with her son Collier celebrating his first birthday. (Courtesy of Collier Landry)
Landry described Boyle as a loving and doting mother.
“So many of my childhood friends have fond memories of her,” he beamed. “She was so kind, so supportive of people. I remember every holiday season; I would have to donate half of my toys to Toys for Tots, because she wanted me to learn the value of giving. She also wanted me to realize how fortunate I was as a child to have a mommy and daddy, to have a roof over my head, to have toys in my toy chest.”
“I wasn’t allowed to just pick out the random toys that I didn’t like,” he chuckled. “I had to sacrifice some of the ones I did like, because my mother wanted me to sacrifice for the good of others and to have compassion. That has stayed with me my entire life since.”
Dr. John Boyle was a prominent osteopath. (Courtesy of Collier Landry)
Landry’s father, Dr. John Boyle, was a prominent osteopath. But life at home was far from blissful.
The Boyles had lived in Mansfield since 1983, having moved from Virginia, where John had worked at a Navy clinic. During the marriage, John reportedly carried on many affairs.
Boyle filed for divorce in November 1989 after 22 years of marriage, charging extreme mental cruelty and gross neglect. During the divorce proceedings, John purchased a new home in Pennsylvania, court documents revealed. He began to relocate his medical practice to Erie from Mansfield.
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Noreen Boyle filed for divorce in November 1989 after 22 years of marriage. (Courtesy of Collier Landry)
Landry described how he and his mother were “fearful” of the patriarch, who “was a very violent guy.”
“Towards the end, my mother was downtrodden because of my father,” Landry explained. “He was becoming more and more aggressive towards me, saying horrible things. Like, ‘I’ve started a new family, I’m going to make sure you are both living on the street.’”
“I think it all started to weigh in on my mother,” Landry reflected. “At the same time, my mother was still full of optimism that she was going to make it through. And she did her best not to let things affect me… She did her best to be as strong as she could for me, and I for her.”
Collier Landry described Noreen Boyle as a doting mother who was optimistic about her future. (Collier Landry)
“She was optimistic that in the end, we would be OK,” he shared.
In the morning, after hearing the “scary sounds,” Landry ran over to his mother’s bedroom. She was gone.
He then confronted his father, who insisted that “mommy took a little vacation” and there was no need to call the police.
“I knew right then that he had done something to her,” said Landry. “He told me this whole story about how she had gotten up in the middle of the night. I asked him about the thuds. He said that was my mother’s purse that she had thrown at him, and it hit a wall.”
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Dr. John Boyle didn’t want his son to speak to police about Noreen Boyle’s disappearance. (Courtesy of Collier Landry)
“He was gaslighting me,” said Landry. “I needed to find out what happened.”
Landry snuck away and called Shelly Bowden, his mother’s best friend. When officers came to the home, Landry insisted that his mother would never leave him. He told police he had heard his parents argue, followed by a scream and a loud thump.
“They didn’t believe me,” he said. “It wasn’t until [Captain] Dave Messmore came on the scene. He took me seriously. That’s how we launched this whole investigation.”
Retired police Captain Dave Messmore of the Mansfield Police Department also spoke out in the episode. (Oxygen)
“I knew I was risking my life,” he shared. “I knew that my father was dangerous, that he was violent, but I didn’t care. I was going to find out what happened to my mother. All I cared about was finding my mother.”
Authorities obtained search warrants partially based on Landry’s word.
On Jan. 25, 1990, less than a month after Boyle went missing, police discovered her body in John’s new Erie home, the Mansfield News Journal reported.
Authorities recovered Noreen Boyle’s body on Jan. 25, 1990, under the basement floor of Dr. John Boyle’s new home in Erie, Pennsylvania. (Courtesy of Collier Landry)
She was wrapped in a tarp with a plastic bag covering her head and buried two feet below the basement in “soft, white clay,” the outlet reported. A green carpet covered the floor.
At age 12, Landry became a key witness in his father’s trial. He took the witness stand, stared down his father and helped secure a conviction.
“I knew that if I did not testify against my father, and he somehow walked free, I would regret that for the rest of my life,” Landry explained. “If I had to go back and live with him because, of course, he would maintain custody as my father, he could have tortured me for the rest of my life.”
Collier Landry said he spent parts of three days testifying. (Courtesy of Collier Landry)
“He haunted me in a lot of ways, but it really would’ve been bad had he been acquitted,” Landry continued. “I needed to do what was right for my mother.”
A mistress, Sherri Lee Campbell, gave birth to a daughter in January 1990, less than two weeks after Boyle disappeared.
John maintained his innocence. He took the stand on his behalf, testifying for nine hours over two days. Former Richland County Prosecutor James Mayer Jr. called him “probably the biggest liar I’ve ever seen.”
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Collier Landry was adopted by George and Susan Zeigler. Landry credited the Zeiglers with providing him a loving, stable home. (Courtesy of Collier Landry)
John was convicted of killing Boyle. He was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for aggravated murder and 18 months for abuse of a corpse.
Landry found himself alone. According to the episode, his mother’s family refused to take him in, because he resembled John. His father’s family also refused to welcome him, because, according to Landry, they wanted him to recant his testimony.
“When your family abandons you at the lowest point of your young life, that affects you,” he said. “Even though I was adopted by a loving family, and I was very grateful for that when I was 13, you still feel like you’re walking the majority of your life alone. It’s very hard to reconcile.”
John Boyle was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for aggravated murder and 18 months for abuse of a corpse. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction)
“But I do it every day,” he said quietly. “I put one foot in front of the other, smile and say, ‘Today’s another day.’”
Landry later moved to California to pursue a career as a cinematographer and director. He began using his middle name as his new surname.
Today, Landry is determined to turn his pain into purpose. He’s now a speaker and provides coaching to those who find themselves in similar circumstances.
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Collier Landry, who now resides in California, has launched a podcast that aims to uplift those in similar circumstances. (Oxygen)
“My story is centered around a true crime story, but this is also a story of healing and resilience,” said Landry. “You can go through unimaginably tragic circumstances, come out on the other side and be OK.
“… That’s what I would tell my younger self – ‘You’re going to be OK. You’re going to make it.’”
“A Plan to Kill” airs Sundays at 7 p.m. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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An explosion at the Bristol Health & Rehab Center outside Philadelphia killed at least two people, including nursing assistant Muthoni Nduthu.
Pennsylvania nursing home explosion causes damage
An explosion at Silver Lake Healthcare Center in Bristol, PA, left the building in ruins and at least two people dead.
BUCKS COUNTY, PA ‒ A day after multiple explosions at a Pennsylvania nursing home killed two people and injured 20 others, authorities surveyed the extensive damage and began identifying the victims.
Muthoni Nduthu, 52, was named by the Bucks County Coroner’s Office as one of the two people found dead inside the Silver Lake Nursing Home, also known as the Bristol Health & Rehab Center, after a pair of explosions partially collapsed the facility on Dec. 23.
Nduthu, a nursing assistant at the facility, was a mother of three who was featured in news stories over a decade ago when she bought her home through the local branch of Habitat for Humanity. Clinton Ndegwa, one of Nduthu’s sons, declined to comment when reached by phone, reported the Bucks County Courier Times, part of the USA TODAY Network.
The deadly incident began around 2:20 p.m., when the first blast trapped dozens of residents inside the two-story building and triggered an intense search-and-rescue effort. Firefighters arrived on the scene and pulled frightened residents from windows, stairwells and elevator shafts as the building erupted into flames.
After first responders rescued two people from the building’s collapsed basement, a second explosion rocked the facility, producing another ball of fire and spewing more smoke into the air, said Bristol Township Fire Marshal Kevin Dippolito.
Two people, including Nduthu and a resident who has not yet been publicly identified, died from their injuries. At least 20 others were injured and over 100 residents have been displaced. The facility has more than 170 beds, though it’s not clear how many residents and staff were in the building at the time of the explosions.
Search teams ceased their operations hours after the explosion, after all residents and employees were accounted for. The next day, officials seemed to still be surveying the scope of the damage as members of various government agencies, including the National Transportation Safety Board, walked through the scene and snapped photos.
Nursing home explosion aftermath: A view from above
Here’s a drone view of aftermath of the fatal explosion at the Silver Lake Nursing Home in Bristol on Dec. 23, 2025
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said authorities believe a gas leak led to the “catastrophic” blast. Crews for PECO, the local energy company, were responding to reports of a gas odor at the nursing home just before the first explosion was reported.
“PECO crews shut off natural gas and electric service to the facility to ensure the safety of first responders and local residents,” the company said in a statement. “It is not known at this time if PECO’s equipment, or natural gas, was involved in this incident.”
An investigation into the cause of the blasts remains underway.
Shapiro and other officials described a heroic rescue effort that saw first responders hoist residents over their shoulders and carry them away from the burning building.
“In the immediate moments after the explosion, you saw what real heroism is all about,” Shapiro said. “Firefighters rushed to this scene in order to contain the explosion, in order to put out the fire, and most importantly, in order to rescue people.”
Residents who live near the facility said they could feel the explosions from inside their homes.
Joe Westergon, who lives a few blocks from the facility, told the Bucks County Courier Times that he helped carry six injured residents to safety.
“I was taking them over to the curb and sitting them down,” Westergon said. “I was trying to keep them as calm as possible … They’ll live, but they were pretty tore up, some were bleeding.”
Christopher Cann reports for USA TODAY. Chris Ullery and Jo Ciavaglia report for the Bucks County Courier Times.
Contributing: Thao Nguyen, Amanda Lee Myers and Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY; Lacey Latch, JD Mullane, Jess Rohan, and Michele Haddon, Bucks County Courier Times.
(This story has been updated to add new information.)
Rhode Island
Prominent Rhode Island Democrat caught on video telling officer, ‘You know who I am?’ during DUI stop
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A prominent Rhode Island Democrat was captured on police bodycam video asking an officer, “You know who I am?” before her arrest during a recent traffic stop.
Maria Bucci, 51, who is the chairwoman of the Democratic committee in Cranston – the second-largest city in the state – is now facing a misdemeanor DUI charge following a traffic stop on Dec. 18 in East Greenwich, according to media reports.
“You know who I am right?” Bucci is heard telling an East Greenwich police officer just moments after he said he smelled alcohol in her breath and described her driving as erratic.
“I don’t know who you are miss,” the officer responds, before adding, “You can start throwing out names and start doing out what you need to do, it’s not going to work with me, I’m telling you right now, I’m not the guy for that.”
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Rhode Island Democrat Maria Bucci was heard telling a police officer, “you know who I am?” during a Dec. 18, 2025 traffic stop in East Greenwich, R.I. (East Greenwich Police Department)
The bodycam footage shows the officer trying to lead Bucci through a series of sobriety tests.
Bucci, a former Cranston mayoral candidate, previously served on the City Council from 2004 to 2008 and also launched an unsuccessful bid for a Rhode Island House of Representatives seat last year, the Cranston Herald reported.
At one point during the traffic stop, Bucci is heard saying, “Call my husband right now, and call the attorney general and everybody else in town, cause this is disgusting, God forbid I was a Black person, I’d be arrested.”
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Bodycam footage released of Bucci’s arrest shows an East Greenwich Police Department officer trying to lead her through a series of sobriety tests on Dec. 18, 2025. (East Greenwich Police Department)
The officer eventually takes Bucci into custody. As she is placed in handcuffs, she says “you’re a d—” and looks towards the body camera.
“Like I am not drinking, you’re a loser,” she adds.
At the beginning of the video, Bucci told the officer she had a glass of wine and had attended a Christmas party.
Bucci, who is expected to be arraigned on Jan. 5, was released on a $1,000 personal recognizance, according to WPRI.
As Bucci was placed in handcuffs, she is heard telling the officer “you’re a d—.” She also stared into the body camera and said, “gimme the camera.” (East Greenwich Police Department)
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Bucci and the Rhode Island Democratic Party did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital.
Vermont
Needled by the big holiday fuss? The Vermont Country Store has a little something to pine for. – VTDigger
WESTON — In the New England state that grows the most Christmas trees, the Vermont Country Store offers a seeming galaxy of ornaments and add-ons, from floor-hugging skirts to ceiling-grazing stars.
“Evergreen trees are a universal symbol of the season,” the third generation of Orton family storekeepers writes on its website.
So why has the $100 million-a-year business seen a 2-foot-tall boxed alternative become a surprise bestseller?
“When things in the world seem a little chaotic, it brings back great memories and puts a smile on your face,” merchandising manager Julie Noyes said of the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree, which debuted six decades ago and has drawn new interest from people starting up or downsizing in a chilly economy.
When Charles Schulz introduced “Peanuts” 75 years ago, the late cartoonist didn’t envision the comic strip would lead to global syndication and a series of television specials, beginning with 1965’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”
In that show, the title character searches for the perfect Christmas tree, only to come home with a straggly sapling.
“Gee, do they still make wooden Christmas trees?” his friend Linus asks. “Maybe it just needs a little love.”
And with the addition of a blanket around its base, the conifer is soon warming hearts.
Sixty years later, $21.95 official replicas can be found at Vermont Country Stores in Weston and Rockingham, in their mail-order catalog and on their website — and in customer homes from Connecticut to California.
“It’s precious, just precious,” Jill Charbonneau said in a call from the Rockport, Maine, home she and her husband, Paul, have shared for a half-century. “It’s so simple and says everything it’s supposed to say.”
She’s not alone in her appreciation. The tree has an average customer rating of 4.9 out of 5, according to its webpage, with nearly 100 rave reviews about its simple cost, scale and upkeep from people coast to coast.
Take the Illinois couple settling into their first home. The traveling nurse on the road. The Colorado widow living alone. The Florida shopper rebuilding after a hurricane. All agree with the comment from the North Carolina woman facing mobility issues: “This little tree is my solution.”
“It’s neat to have an old memory right in front of ya,” a Texas man adds in his review. “Takes me back to a time when life seemed so easy.”
The Vermont Country Store, with 450 year-round workers, almost doubles its staff each December to maintain its retail shops, Manchester offices and Clarendon distribution center during the busy holiday season, Noyes says. But the merchandising manager won’t specify how many Charlie Brown Christmas Trees are sold.
“Lots,” she says. “Lots and lots.”
All embodying something small and simple.
“Less is more,” one California reviewer summed up the tree. “It is a little ray of hope.”
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