A 15-year-old cold case involving the killing of 23-year-old Charline Rosemond has finally led to an arrest.
Investigators are alleging that Rosemond was lured to a parking lot under false pretenses and murdered by a man she believed was helping her buy her dream car.
On April 10, 2025, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Somerville Police Chief Shumeane Benford announced the indictment of 38-year-old Heinsky Anacreon of Malden on a charge of first-degree murder, accusing him of conspiring with the victim’s close friend, Roberto Jeune, to kill her in April 2009.
Rosemond, a resident of Everett, Massachusetts, had withdrawn $4,100 in cash with hopes of buying a used Lexus, a deal she believed Jeune had arranged through a friend. Instead, police allege she was led to a remote parking lot in Union Square, where she was fatally shot in the head.
Her body was discovered in her father’s car, abandoned in that same lot days after her family reported her missing.
According to prosecutors, Anacreon and Jeune “used that car as bait to gain the victim’s trust,” inducing Rosemond to bring the cash under the guise of completing the purchase.
Once there, they say, Rosemond was murdered and the weapon — a .44 Magnum — was discarded in a body of water.
The murder weapon was never recovered.
Though the case went cold for more than a decade, a breakthrough came during a proffer session in 2024, when authorities say Anacreon tried to willfully mislead both a police officer and an attorney — resulting in additional obstruction-related charges.
Anacreon now faces charges of:
- First-degree murder
- Attempt to mislead a police officer
- Attempt to mislead an attorney
Authorities revealed that after the killing, Anacreon allegedly confessed to a close confidant that he had supplied the gun used in the shooting.
Roberto Jeune, the man who introduced Rosemond to Anacreon and whom she considered a close friend, died of natural causes in Philadelphia on July 8, 2024, and will not face charges.
At the time of her death, Rosemond was working at a car dealership in Brighton and living with her family. Her dreams, her trust in a friend, and her life were all stolen in a matter of moments.
District Attorney Ryan spoke about the importance of persistence in cold case investigations, stating that justice, even when delayed, remains a priority for victims and their families.
