Boston police are asking for the public's help in finding a suspect who robbed two elderly women in Roxbury on Sunday. Margarida Fidalgo, 71, and her cousin were attacked and had their sentimental gold chains, worth about $1,000 each, stolen.
According to reports by WCVB and Boston 25 News, the suspect followed the two women as they walked in the Dudley and Clarence Street area, around 8:30 p.m., suddenly demanding their jewelry in Spanish, and when he placed a hand on Fidalgo's shoulder—a gesture of human connection perverted into a prelude to violence—she turned to face a gun and inevitable theft.
Fidalgo, who felt the cold touch of the weapon on her forehead, lamented her ordeal in a statement obtained by NBC Boston, stating, "I'm lucky I'm alive," and described the ensuing facts: the thief acquired the chains before making a retreat that was partly captured by surveillance cameras but despite the fact that his vacating the scene was in haste the pendant from Fidalgo's necklace—a small representation of Jesus—was recovered from the ground.
The suspect in the Roxbury robbery is described as a man around 5'3" to 5'4" wearing black clothing, including a hoodie and face covering. Boston police are asking anyone with information to call District B-2 Detectives at (617) 343-4275 or the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS (8477).
