A blond knifeman who went on a rampage across Massachusetts and allegedly stabbed six, including four young girls at a movie theater, is under investigation for a separate murder, it has emerged.
Jared Ravizza, 26, of Chilmark, a town on Martha’s Vineyard, faces multiple charges including assault with the intent to murder after six people were stabbed in separate attacks on Saturday night.
Four girls aged 9 to 17 were stabbed at an AMC multiplex in Braintree, at around 6pm, by a knifeman who was ‘laughing the whole time’. A 21-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man were stabbed roughly an hour later at a McDonald’s in Plymouth, about 30 miles away from the cinema.
Ravizza is also being investigated over a separate murder in Connecticut after police found a body Saturday afternoon in the tiny, rural town of Deep River, WVIT reported. The victim’s identity has not yet been released.
Ravizza, who remains in custody and will be arraigned in Massachusetts today, was previously arrested in April and charged with assault and battery, as well as vandalism, after he allegedly attacked his father, court records revealed.
The suspect’s father, a psychologist with more than 35 years’ experience, told officers that Ravizza ‘had just had a mental break and attacked him’ inside his home.
Jared Ravizza, 26, (pictured) of Chilmark, Massachusetts – a town on Martha’s Vineyard – faces multiple charges including assault with the intent to murder after six people were stabbed in separate attacks on Saturday night. He will be arraigned today
It has now emerged that Ravizza is also being investigated over a separate murder in Deep River, Connecticut after police found a body at a home following a reports of a disturbance on Saturday afternoon. Investigators are pictured at the property
It has now emerged that Ravizza may have carried out an attack in rural Connecticut before he carried out his attacks in Massachusetts on Saturday.
Connecticut State Police were called to a residence in Deep River, a small town in Middlesex County, just after 3.30pm following reports of a disturbance.
When they arrived on scene, troopers discovered the body of a dead man.
Neighbors told Boston 25 that the victim, who has not yet been named, and the suspect had both been short-term renters at the Deep River property.
They allege the pair had been ‘living together for 2.5 weeks, ‘had a few dogs’ and were heard arguing a few days prior.
Ravizza was arrested in Sandwich, Massachusetts – the oldest town on Cape Cod – Saturday evening after his alleged stabbing spree across the South Shore.
The suspect, dressed in a blonde wig, allegedly entered the AMC Braintree 10 south of Boston around 6pm Saturday without a movie ticket and attacked the girls unprovoked.
The girls, ages 9 to 17, were inside the theater when the individual suddenly attacked them ‘without saying anything and without any warning’ before running out.
Ravizza (pictured during his arrest) was taken into custody Saturday night in Sandwich, Massachusetts after a police pursuit and was being treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries
Ravizza was previously arrested in April and charged with assault and battery, as well as vandalism, after he allegedly attacked his father, court records revealed. The suspect’s father, a psychologist with more than 35 years’ experience, told officers that Ravizza ‘had just had a mental break and attacked him’ inside his home. He is pictured with his father Jason Ravizza
Lisa Dembowski said that her three daughters and their friend were the only people inside the theater when he attacked them.
‘My oldest was leaning over to get something, he got her in the back, and then my other daughter in the top chest, and then, my last daughter across her arm, laughing the whole time and then got their friend, and then ran off,’ Dembowski told NBC Boston.
The four suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to hospitals.
After fleeing the movie theater, Ravizza allegedly went to a Route 3 rest area in Plymouth where he allegedly stabbed two McDonald’s employees around 7pm.
Surveillance video appears to show Ravizza allegedly reaching through the drive-through window and stabbing the man, 29, with a large knife, according to the district attorney’s office.
He reportedly parked his black Porsche in the parking lot and ran inside where he stabbed a 21-year-old woman before fleeing that scene.
Both victims were taken to hospitals with injuries.
After reviewing surveillance footage police released a description of the suspect’s car. They located him in Sandwich, but after he failed to pull over, Ravizza led police on a car chase that ended in a car crash.
Ravizza, dressed in a blonde wig, allegedly entered the AMC Braintree 10 (pictured) south of Boston around 6pm Saturday without a movie ticket and attacked the girls unprovoked
Lisa Dembowski said that her three daughters and their friend were the only people inside the theater when he attacked them. The four suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to hospitals
He was taken into custody shortly afterward and was being treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Ravizza is being charged in the restaurant attack and is being investigated in the theater stabbings, officials have said.
He will be arraigned today on multiple charges including assault with the intent to murder after six people.
Ravizza was arrested in April on Martha’s Vineyard and charged with assault and battery on a family or household member, as well as vandalism, after he allegedly attacked his father, according to court records, The Boston Globe reported.
His father told officers that Ravizza ‘had just had a mental break and attacked him’ inside his home, according to the police report.
The newspaper reported that Ravizza was sent to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital for a mental health evaluation, but ‘did not meet their standards to be held,’ the report said. The Edgartown case was sent to pretrial diversion.
It was not immediately known if Ravizza has an attorney who can speak on his behalf. No phone listing could be found in Ravizza’s name.
Authorities located Ravizza in Sandwich, Massachusetts, but after he failed to pull over, he led police on a car chase that ended in a car crash
The former UMass student claimed to run a ‘leading global digital marketing and social media management agency’ with offices in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, Paris and Naples.
But friends from his former college lacrosse team told Dailymail.com they remembered him simply as ‘odd’.
‘He only went to school with us for a semester and then disappeared off the face of the earth,’ said Jay Gallipo. ‘He was a social media influencer person back then it was kind of a joke with us.
‘Only person he was close to was his sister Kate, he was perfectly nice but kind of weird.’
Ravizza has lived on the island home to politicians and celebrities for three years and was often seen in the company of a man he introduced as his father, according to the Martha’s Vineyard Times.
The family lives in a $565,000 home in the west Massachusetts town of Agawam where his father Jason Ravizza works as a licensed mental health counselor.
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, graduate is a licensed school principal and has concentrated on work with young people ‘paying attention to the whole person, helping unlock each person’s full potential as a human being’, according to a biography.
Ravizza boasts of ‘leading global digital marketing and social media management agency’ with offices in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, Paris and Naples
His social media pages feature him in a succession of high value cars including this Porsche
Ravizza has amassed 218,000 followers on his Instagram page which uses the pronoun ‘she’
He describes himself as an ‘artist, professional model, skier, and social entrepreneur’
In December 2021, Ravizza was profiled by the MV Times and claimed to be running a charitable organization called Ravizza Global Initiative.
He said his family had a long history of coming to the area, and vaguely explained the objectives of his initiative.
‘We spend a lot of time on the Vineyard, in Massachusetts, and I just want people to know the accessibility to me,’ he said.
‘I look at it as a movement and lifestyle, and an initiative we do to change people’s lives, to inspire people. It’s a lifelong connection, lifelong relationship, being there, being a mentor.’
In the wake of his arrest the paper spoke to residents who recalled a series of ‘bizarre and hostile interactions in public settings’, including at a local yoga studio.
Ravizza successfully petitioned the local court in Dukes County last month to change his name from Jared Christian Ravizza Jones to Jared Love Jones.
Previously he had secured a series of glowing profiles on obscure news websites including the snowmag.com and beverlyhillsmagazine.com.
‘Jared Ravizza is more than just a media mogul and a serial entrepreneur. He is an American professional model and skier,’ one read.
‘Most importantly, he is a family-oriented man who spends quality time kiteboarding, surfing, and playing the game of tennis with his family in his leisure time.’
Instagram shots from six years ago show a relaxed young man in his comfortable surroundings
He had been accepted for a social sciences degree at UMass majoring in Health Professions
More recent shots are replete with alcohol and drug paraphernalia
Ravizza describes himself as an ‘artist’ on his Instagram page which has amassed 218,000 followers and where he uses the pronoun ‘she’.
Posts from six years ago show a conventional looking young man who attracted the occasional comment from friends.
Four years later he returned to the site with a musclebound new look, posing on beaches and with his artwork, driving a series of Porsche cars and showing off drug paraphernalia.
He is wearing lipstick and make-up in later posts, the most recent of which was uploaded just hours before the knife attacks.