Press Release  Boulais enters not guilty plea, held without bail

PITTSFIELD — A Hinsdale man was arraigned this morning in Central Berkshire District Court on a murder charge.  32 year old MICHAEL S. BOULAIS (53 Ashmere Drive) appeared before Judge Paul Smyth.     

BOULAIS entered a not guilty plea on one (1) count of MURDER in connection with the death of his estranged girlfriend, 24 year old Kassedi Clark, whose body was found inside a vehicle on the Ashmere Drive property on Friday, April 13^th.  Judge Smyth ordered that he be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction without the right to bail.  BOULAIS will be back in Court for a bindover hearing on May 16, 2018.         

The investigation is being conducted by state troopers assigned to the District Attorney’s Office, members of the Hinsdale and Dalton Police Departments, the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Department, state troopers assigned to the Cheshire barracks, the Massachusetts State Police Crime Scene Services and Ballistics Sections and forensic scientists assigned to the State Police Crime Laboratory.

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