Boston pays $150,000 to men wrongly implicated in 1989 death of Carol Stuart

BOSTON —

The city of Boston has paid $150,000 to two Black men wrongly implicated decades ago in the 1989 murder of Carol Stuart.

In 1989, Charles Stuart told police that a Black man shot and killed his pregnant wife, Carol DiMaiti Stuart.

Stuart's accusation resulted in the racist harassment of Black men, particularly those living in Boston's Mission Hill neighborhood, by city officials and the Boston Police Department.

Months after Carol Stuart's death, it was revealed that her husband had orchestrated her murder. Charles Stuart committed suicide by jumping off the Tobin Bridge.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued an apology nearly two years ago to Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett, two Black men who were wrongfully implicated in connection with Carol Stuart's death.

Her office confirmed