nicole oliverio, 7news "today in new england." >> kris: nicole, thanks for the update. patriots' fans know this could be a huge loss for the team. recover as soon as possible. >> that's a shame. i wish him well. speedy recovery. >> he's just a great player for our team, and we need him. >> it's a bit of a sad day. you don't want anybody getting hurt, especially a key player like him. >> they need to wrap him up in bubble wrap and put him out on the field, always getting hurt, always falling on himself. >> kris: when the patriots give an update on gronkowski's status, you can find out first on whdh.com and 7news phone and tablet apps. >> christa: right now police are investigating a gruesome discovery on the banks of a merrimack river in lawrence. a young man's body found decapitated. he also had no hand. let's go to 7's victoria warren with the latest on this investigation for us. vicki? >> victoria: really a terrible situation out here this morning in lawrence, christa. a dog-walker was walking down near the river yesterday afternoon, and according to head found nearby

. >> kris: nicole oliverio is live in taunton. nicole, what is the latest? >> reporter: well, kris, both sides are getting ready for this case to finally go to trial. they are trying to wrap up some last-minute motions. the defense wanted an expert to talk about an antidepressant says both teams were taking. one where he says the side effect was suicidal thoughts. as the judge tries to move motions along, pushing for a february trial, the defense attorneys asked for an expert who can explain the effects of an antidepressant drug. >> i'm asking to see how to engage an expert to tell me how select sa affects a person's thinking. >> reporter: michelle carter prosecutors say she encouraged 18-year-old conrad roy of fair haven to kill himself through text messages. defense lawyers say both she and roy were taking the drug selexa. >> it's been proven by the manufacturer itself that it creates teenagers an increase in their suicide. so i they jury needs to hear that information. >> reporter: judge disagreed. >> you have not indicated whether he complained to anyone

nicole oliverio is live in carver with more on how authorities were tipped off. just a bizarre crime here, nicole. >> nicole: it really, is kris. a town employee had been a chef with the council on aging for about six and a half years. it wasn't until they noticed some missing food in the food pantry, particularly a piece of suspicious. at carver's council on aging, it's easy to find out what's on the day's menu. so when chef david lavoie wasn't serving up food he ordered, workers there became suspicious. >> the prime rib is what started the investigation. the prime rib was ordered and nerve served. it wasn't there. >> nicole: police say that wasn't all. >> chicken wings is something they don't serve, they haven't served. it's an item that comes up as being ordered it's a suspicious item to be ordered because it's not something we serve to elderly clients. >> nicole: investigators say surveillance video captured lavoie loading food after hours into his car with help from his girlfriend and her daughter. at the suspect's home in plymouth... >> i have no comment. i

nicole oliverio has more from c carver and how authorities were tipped off. >>> when chef david wasn't serving up food he had ordered workers there become suspicious. >>> the prime rib was kind of what started the investigation. prime rib was ordered and never served and it wasn't there. police say that wasn't all. >> buffalo chicken wings something they don't serve. they haven't served. it's an item that comes up as being order and an item not there. investigators say surveillance video captured the boy using his key after hours loading food from the council on age and the towns a food pantry into his car with help from his girlfriend and her daughter. at the suspect's home in plymouth -- >> no comment. i don't know how you got the i can't talk about anything. >> the agency's mission is to serve the elderly. members surprised to hear about what happened. >> i've known him since he started working here. >> it's a big deal because it's a violation of public trust. >>> also this morning a sheriff's deputy is recovering after cruiser crash in rockland. another driver and a deputy were als