marriott wright of brockton and mass maritime grads keith griffin of winthrop and jeffrey mathias of kingston. >> mark: this military veteran killed shortly after returning from afghanistan. police say he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. today, the trial for the man accused of killing him got underway. fox 25's bob barred spoke to the veterans father, who says he feels sorry for his son's accused killer. joseph puopolo jr. taking the stand, the very first witness called in the trial of a man accused of killing his son two years ago in stoneham. >> that's my oldest son joseph. he was my hero, you know what i mean and then this happened. it's just so sad. it's so hard, you know. so hard. >> joseph puopolo jr., a u.s. army veteran of the afghan war was killed on july 3rd, 2013, in a friend's home in stoneham. the d.a. says, it was a drug deal gone wrong and puopolo was time. this man, eugene tate son trial for the murder. prosecutors allege puopolo was fiume, when tate and another man who tried to buy a bound of marijuana from mario returned. tate's lawyer urged jurors to keep

she was one of three massachusetts crew members including winthrop native keith griffin and jeffrey mathias of kingston. search crews found the cargo ship in an up right position on saturday nearly three miles under water. >>> it's the worst thing that ever happened to me. to lose a child is the worst thing that can happen it a mother. you are expected to lose your elders. you don't expect to lose a child child. she said her daughter first went to sea in her 20's . >>> after she got out of high she worked for about three weeks for an office and that was that. she could not stand it. she went to sea. >> reporter: she said the sea was her true home. >>> she said she would not be happy unless she was on the water. >> reporter: she said she was so proud of her daughter and that even though she loved the sea, the sea has now claimed her her. that's the story live from brockton, i'm byron barnett, 7 news. >> anchor: now a story you will see on scruff one station of parents in pembroke taking action, upset with their kid's school. so paints are saying that middle school student recently made some

keith griffin from winthrop and jeffrey mathias from kingston both graduated from massachusetts maritime academy. marine biologists at the new england aquarium are searching for answers in the death of an endangered sea turtle. they found the 800-pound leatherback turtle floating a mile off woods hole. the turtle looks like it has been dead for a few days possibly because it was caught in a debt and drowned. they'll a do a necropsy to check for sure. more than a thousand runners running to raise money for pete's park, a neglected park. his dad said neighbors wanted to raise money to fix the park and make it handicapped accessible, which will cost up to $125,000. >> all the amazing accolades pete has gotten are wonderful, but this is going to be a permanent structure in his name, so we're so tickled and completely amazed at the turnout. >>>> anchor: freddie says the updated park will give his son the ability to watch his daughter play there. straight ahead on 7news at 6:00, you think a deaf football coach would have a difficult time coaching a team, but think again. a!local man is making

that's kevin keith griffin of winthrop, jeffrey mathia and march yet wright of brockton of the today her mother told us this was her worst nightmare. >>> she was bubbly, she was a riot. were crying. she was a very good kid, the worst thing she ever did was caught. >> anchor: mary said she as so proud of her daughter she said her daughter loved the sea but that now the sea has claimed her her. that's the story live from brockton, byron barnett, 7 news . >> anchor: also on 7, the search is on right now for the person or people who attacked a high school football player over the weekend. the star athlete was stabbed hours after i football game as he was trying to protect someone someone. steve cooper is live in everett tonight. first of all, how is he doing? >> anchor: his condition actually we're told has improved from critical to stable condition all the while students here at the high school and the staff here remain very concerned about what happened over the weekend. they are anxious for answers tonight and anxious for an arrest. it was the town down by number nine that had everyon

(bell tolling) just last week relatives held a memorial for jeffrey mathias. engineer and father of three. there were 33 people on board the container ship when it left the port of jacksonville headed if the vessel is confirmed to be the "el faro," searchers will try and recover the voyage data experts say that could take weeks. i'm pam cross, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: right now, isis claiming responsibility for a deadly airliner crash in the egyptian desert. 224 people killed on a russia at this hour, no indication of what brought the plane down. the black boxes have been recovered, and russia denies the claims by isis. as richard cantu reports, there is no dispute about the scale of the human tragedy. richard: the russian passenger jet went down here in this remote region of egypt's sinai peninsula after some 20 minutes in the air. there were no survivors among the 224 passengers and crew aboard. all but three were russian. egypt's prime minister visited the crash site. responders searched for remains, and ambulances transported bodies to the morgue. t

including mayor yet wright of brockton and mass maritime grad keith griffin of winthrop and jeffrey mathias of kingston. >> elizabeth: a disturbing discovery. construction workers building a seawall spotted a body washed up on shore. we want to give you a better idea of the area in plymouth that we're talking about. that body was found near gurnett point near fort standish avenue. kerry kavanaugh joins us live in near by duxbury. >> the reporter: elizabeth, behind me here is the powder point bridge in duxbury, this body was found four miles down the dark shoreline behind me. the workers we spoke with that found the body, say this was a first for them. >> we were down there, i was loading the loader and my nephew was on the loader. >> jeff was going to get stone see it on the beach. >> ed and his nephew dillon thought they were look at the remnants of a halloween prank. i went down and got real close i could tell it was a human. >> the men were part of a group building a seawall at gurnett point, a remote area of mainly summer homes. >> the crew called police, fox 25 was there as the state m

. >> tiring jeffrey mathias is opening in december so you're not sleeping. >> not sleeping so let's throw in a spin class. >> the challenge, teaching a spin class. >> i'm concerned you're a closet spinner and you do this all the time, you're a pro. >> i'm afraid of falling off. my goal is to stay on the bike. >> let's get on and see what we can do. tiffany, blood, sweat up and down biscuits. >> that's right. we're here to work off the biscuits. bring it up, two, three, back down. big breath. >> jadiann: i feel like i'm in a real, legit spin class. >> worry about a girl with a dream in a ripped sweatshirt in a barbecue restaurant. one,. >> scale from 1-10, how's she doing? >> a ten. >> jadiann: you're her coach. >> i got this, girl. up, down, up, down, right, left, right, left. three, two. here we go. i was born this way. >> let's get a -- show me your favorite spin moves, all right? everybody go, go, go, you got to yell like she yells. >> go, go, go, go, go! back, two, four, two. i got you. i'm racing you. i'm racing you. light resistance, spread it out. this side, as heavy as you can go.