Press Release  Boulais held without bail on murder and other charges

PITTSFIELD — A Hinsdale man was arraigned this afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court on several charges.  32 year old MICHAEL S. BOULAIS (53 Ashmere Drive) appeared before Judge Maureen Hogan.     

BOULAIS entered not guilty pleas on one (1) count of MURDER, one (1) count of RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT OF A CHILD and one (1) count of IMPROPER STORAGE OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN.  Judge Hogan ordered that he be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction without the right to bail.   

 It is alleged that BOULAIS killed his estranged girlfriend, 24 year old Kassedi Clark, whose body was found inside a vehicle on the Ashmere Drive property on April 13, 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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