06-23-2011, 01:05 PM
one of many murders. she was murdered very cruelly.
Debra Davis disappeared in 1981, when Bulger and Flemmi allegedly lured her to a vacant house in South Boston.
There, Flemmi says Bulger strangled her with his bare hands.
The oldest sibling of the Davis clan — a Boston family destroyed by crime boss Whitey Bulger — told the Herald today she was “ecstatic” to learn her youngster sister’s ruthless killer had been captured.
“I thanked Jesus — he’s finally caught. This is one day I’ll never forget. Never,” said an emotional Eileen Davis, whose 26-year-old sister Debra was strangled to death by Bulger in 1981. “He has to pay for what he did. He’s a very evil man.”
Davis, who lives in Mansfield, was in bed watching the local news before the sun came up today when Bulger’s photo and the word “captured” flashed across the TV screen. She thought she was “seeing things.”
The oldest of 10 siblings — four of whom have died — looked up and said: “Debbie, you and Ma and everyone have a celebration today because we finally got justice. They finally got him.”
Debra Davis was brutally murdered because she had just ended her relationship with her boyfriend and Bulger henchman, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, and knew too much about the duo’s underworld crimes.
Her body was buried in a shallow grave along the Neponset River and was discovered in 2000.
Eileen Davis admits she had her doubts that the 82-year-old mob monster — who was arrested in California last night and has been on the run for 16 years — would ever be found.
“I thought maybe he was dead,” she said.
Despite his capture, Davis said she doesn’t know if she’ll ever have closure.
“I don’t stop crying. I don’t know what closure is,’’ she said. “It did bring a good lift off my shoulders — just seeing the word ‘captured.’ I’m deliriously happy. I’m thrilled. I couldn’t explain it if I tried.”
She regrets their mother, Olga, wasn’t alive to see this day.
“I wish she was here today. I wish they were all here today,” said Davis, whose sister, Michelle, never recovered from Debra’s death and died from a heroin overdose in 2006.
Debra Davis disappeared in 1981, when Bulger and Flemmi allegedly lured her to a vacant house in South Boston.
There, Flemmi says Bulger strangled her with his bare hands.
The oldest sibling of the Davis clan — a Boston family destroyed by crime boss Whitey Bulger — told the Herald today she was “ecstatic” to learn her youngster sister’s ruthless killer had been captured.
“I thanked Jesus — he’s finally caught. This is one day I’ll never forget. Never,” said an emotional Eileen Davis, whose 26-year-old sister Debra was strangled to death by Bulger in 1981. “He has to pay for what he did. He’s a very evil man.”
Davis, who lives in Mansfield, was in bed watching the local news before the sun came up today when Bulger’s photo and the word “captured” flashed across the TV screen. She thought she was “seeing things.”
The oldest of 10 siblings — four of whom have died — looked up and said: “Debbie, you and Ma and everyone have a celebration today because we finally got justice. They finally got him.”
Debra Davis was brutally murdered because she had just ended her relationship with her boyfriend and Bulger henchman, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, and knew too much about the duo’s underworld crimes.
Her body was buried in a shallow grave along the Neponset River and was discovered in 2000.
Eileen Davis admits she had her doubts that the 82-year-old mob monster — who was arrested in California last night and has been on the run for 16 years — would ever be found.
“I thought maybe he was dead,” she said.
Despite his capture, Davis said she doesn’t know if she’ll ever have closure.
“I don’t stop crying. I don’t know what closure is,’’ she said. “It did bring a good lift off my shoulders — just seeing the word ‘captured.’ I’m deliriously happy. I’m thrilled. I couldn’t explain it if I tried.”
She regrets their mother, Olga, wasn’t alive to see this day.
“I wish she was here today. I wish they were all here today,” said Davis, whose sister, Michelle, never recovered from Debra’s death and died from a heroin overdose in 2006.