On the night of October 23, 1989, 30-year-old Carol Ann DiMaiti Stuart, who was pregnant, was shot in the head in Boston after she and her husband, Charles Stuart, left a birthing class at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Charles sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen and called 911 from his car phone, saying a Black man in a tracksuit had carjacked and shot them in the Mission Hill neighborhood. Carol was rushed into an emergency caesarean and died in the early hours of October 24, 1989; her premature son died 17 days later.

The initial 911 call sparked a nationwide media storm and a large police manhunt that intensified tensions in Boston’s Black communities. Investigators briefly focused on William Willie Bennett after Charles identified him in a lineup, and another man, Alan Swanson, was arrested and held for weeks.

Matthew Stuart later pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and insurance fraud and was sentenced to three to five years; John Jack McMahon pleaded guilty to related charges. The case raised questions about racial profiling, media coverage, and motive tied to life insurance. If anyone knew Carol, her family, or has information about the events of that night, please share what is known.