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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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Mass. unveils $250 million in subsidies to protect residents from premium hikes – The Boston Globe
Audrey Morse Gasteier, executive director of the Massachusetts Health Connector, said the financial bulwark that benefited 270,000 residents is “part of the reason that we’re hanging in there in terms of enrollment and keeping people covered.”
But Thursday’s announcement won’t translate into any additional help.
Healey’s news conference coincided with the beginning of an election year in which three Republicans are vying for her job and voters are expected to be particularly focused on the state’s high cost of living. One survey last year found Massachusetts had the second highest cost of living in the country. People who saw their insurance premiums increase this year said it was one pricey bill amid an onslaught of growing expenses.
“I can’t believe how much it is when we go to the grocery store. Our electricity has gone up,“ said Judith O’Gara, whose family was hit with a $400 increase a month in insurance premiums for their ACA plan in January. ”We were just bracing ourselves to try to stretch the paycheck further.”
O’Gara, of Millis, is a part-time editor at community newspapers, and her husband is a self-employed computer animator and mural artist. She has added hours at work, she said, but it still wasn’t enough to qualify for health coverage through her employer, leaving the couple to buy insurance through the connector.
Healey also used the news conference to weigh in on a high-profile effort in Congress to revive the federal subsidies. Also on Thursday, the US House, with help from 17 Republican defectors facing competitive reelection races, passed a bill that would extend the subsidies for another three years. A small group of senators is considering proposing their own extension of the subsidies.
“We need to see people in Congress step up and take action and fight the president on this and get him to focus on the domestic agenda and how to make life more affordable for people,” Healey said.
The governor said she didn’t announce the influx of funds earlier because she had hoped Congress would act before the end of 2025.
“We gave up until the deadline to see if they take action,” she said.
ACA open enrollment extends through Jan. 23.
The infusion of funds from the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund brings the state’s total commitment to the insurance marketplace to $600 million, which Healey said is the largest support from any state in the country.
Federally subsidized insurance policies were first made available to people making less than 400 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $128,600 for a family of four, in 2009 under President Barack Obama’s ACA, also known as Obamacare. In 2021, Congress made those subsidies more generous for many recipients and extended them to people earning up to 500 percent of the federal poverty level. The expanded tax credits doubled participation in the ACA exchanges over the past four years, and by last year 337,000 people in Massachusetts received subsidized insurance through ConnectorCare.
The increases were slated to expire after four years, and without congressional action to preserve them, premiums reverted to pre-2021 levels for this year. People earning more than 400 percent of the poverty level became ineligible to receive subsidized insurance. State officials have estimated roughly 300,000 people could become uninsured statewide over the next decade, in part due to the expiration of the tax credits.
Democrats staged a 43-day shutdown last fall, the longest in US history, in an unsuccessful effort to preserve the expanded subsidies.
The Commonwealth Care Trust Fund predates the 2021 coverage expansion, said Doug Howgate, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, a nonprofit budget watchdog, and was established to support ConnectorCare programs. Massachusetts has long had a robust public insurance program, and the 2021 expansion essentially allowed the state to shift the cost of subsidies it had been paying to the federal government. Tapping the trust fund now essentially returns Massachusetts to the support levels it provided prior to 2021, Howgate said.
Regardless of the timing of Healey’s announcement, it is a reality that Massachusetts has a uniquely robust commitment to health insurance access, Howgate said.
“I do think that the idea that the state is able to offset some of those impacts is an important message to get out there,” he said. “This is real money.”
According to Healey’s office, a 45-year-old couple with two kids making $75,000 in Fall River previously paid $166 per month for the lowest-cost coverage. Without state action, their premium would have more than doubled. But with the infusion from the trust fund, they will pay $206 per month.
There’s only so much the state can do to mitigate the impacts of the expired subsidies, though. Because Congress didn’t extend them, people between 400 and 500 percent of the federal poverty level simply are ineligible to sign up for subsidized policies through the ACA marketplace. There are roughly 27,000 people statewide who cannot benefit from the state’s effort to compensate for the lost federal money, and those people are among those facing the biggest new insurance expenses.
Christa, 56, a hair dresser, and her husband, Gary, 69, a truck driver, earn less than $105,750 annually combined, just shy of 500 percent of the poverty level. The couple, who asked not to be named to protect their privacy, went from paying $282-a-month for Christa’s insurance with no deductible, to a private plan costing $725 a month with a $2000 deductible.
Gary, who is enrolled in Medicare, is still counting on Congress for a reprieve.
“I believe the Senate will be forced to do something, and we’re hoping,” he said.
Jason Laughlin can be reached at jason.laughlin@globe.com. Follow him @jasmlaughlin.
Recently, I met with a husband who had been caring for his wife since her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Her needs were escalating quickly — appointments, medications, meals, personal care — and he was determined to keep her at home. But the cost to his own wellbeing was undeniable. He was sleep‑deprived, depressed, and beginning to experience cognitive decline himself.
As director of the Referral Education Assistance & Prevention (REAP) program at Seacoast Mental Health Center, which supports older adults and caregivers across New Hampshire in partnership with the CMHC’s across the state, I hear stories like his every week. And his experience is far from unique.
Across the country, 24% of adults are family caregivers. Here in New Hampshire, 281,000 adults provide this essential care, often with little preparation or support. Only 11% receive any formal training to manage personal care tasks — yet they are the backbone of our long‑term care system, helping aging parents, spouses, and loved ones remain safely at home. (AARP, 2025)
REAP provides short‑term counseling, education, and support for older adults, caregivers, and the professionals who support them. We address concerns around mental health, substance use and cognitive functioning. After 21 years working with caregivers, I have seen how inadequate support directly harms families. Caregiving takes a serious toll — emotionally, physically, socially and financially. Many experience depression, chronic stress, and increased risk of alcohol or medication misuse.
In REAP’s own data from 2024:
- 50% of caregivers reported moderate to severe depression
- 29% reported suicidal ideation in the past two weeks
- 25% screened positive for at‑risk drinking
Their responsibilities go far beyond tasks like medication management and meal preparation. They interpret moods, manage behavioral changes, ease emotional triggers, and create meaningful engagement for the person they love. Their world revolves around the care recipient — often leading to isolation, loss of identity, guilt, and ongoing grief.
The statistics reflect what I see every week. Nearly one in four caregivers feels socially isolated. Forty‑three percent experience moderate to high emotional stress. And 31% receive no outside help at all.
Compare that to healthcare workers, who work in teams, receive breaks, have coworkers who step in when overwhelmed, and are trained and compensated for their work. Even with these supports, burnout is common. Caregivers receive none of these protections yet are expected to shoulder the same level of responsibility — alone, unpaid, and unrecognized.
Senate Bill 608 in New Hampshire would finally begin to fill these gaps. The bill provides access to counseling, peer support, training, and caregiver assessment for family caregivers of individuals enrolled in two Medicaid waiver programs: Acquired Brain Disorder (ABD) and Choices for Independence (CFI). These services would address the very needs I see daily.
Professional counseling helps caregivers process the complex emotions of watching a loved one decline or manage the stress that comes with it. Peer support connects them with others navigating similar challenges. Caregiver assessment identifies individual needs before families reach crisis.
When caregivers receive the right support, everyone benefits. The care recipient receives safer, more compassionate care. The caregiver’s health stabilizes instead of deteriorating from chronic stress and neglect. And costly options, which many older adults want to avoid, are delayed or prevented.
There is a direct and measurable link between caregiver training and caregiver wellbeing. The spouse I mentioned earlier is proof. Through REAP, he received education about his wife’s diagnosis, guidance on communication and behavior, and strategies to manage his own stress. Within weeks, his depression decreased from moderate to mild without medication. He was sleeping through the night and thinking more clearly. His frustration with his wife dropped significantly because he finally understood what she was experiencing and how to respond compassionately.
The real question before lawmakers is not whether we can afford SB 608. It is whether we can afford to continue ignoring the needs of those who hold our care system together. In 1970, we had 31 caregivers for every one person needing care. By 2010, that ratio dropped to 7:1. By 2030, it is projected to be 4:1. Our caregiver supply is shrinking while needs continue to grow. Without meaningful support, our systems — healthcare, long‑term care, and community supports — cannot function. (AARP, 2013)
Caregivers don’t ask for much. They want to keep their loved ones safe, comfortable, and at home. They want to stay healthy enough to continue providing care. SB 608 gives them the tools to do exactly that.
I urge New Hampshire lawmakers to support SB 608 and stand with the 281,000 residents who are quietly holding our care system together. We cannot keep waiting until caregivers collapse to offer help. We must provide the support they need now — before the burden becomes too heavy to bear.
Anne Marie Sirrine, LICSW, CDP is a staff therapist and the director of the REAP (Referral Education Assistance & Prevention) program at Seacoast Mental Health Center.
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