Charline Rosemond
Charline Rosemond, 23, left her Everett home on April 7, 2009, excited to buy a used Lexus from a friend. Six days later, she was found shot to death inside her father’s Honda Civic in Somerville, beginning a homicide investigation that remained unsolved for sixteen years.
Charline had withdrawn $4,100 in cash that morning, hoping the car would give her more independence and keep her from borrowing her parents’ vehicle. She worked at the Herb Chambers dealership in Brighton and was known as a reliable, responsible employee who never missed a shift.
When she didn’t return home that night, her parents grew worried, but they tried to believe she might have been out with friends. By the next morning, when she still hadn’t shown up for work, the family knew something was wrong and began calling everyone who might have seen her.
Rosey, Charline’s sister, started her own search when police told the family they needed to wait before filing a missing‑person report. She reached out to friends, coworkers, and the person who was supposed to take Charline to see the Lexus, but the responses she received were unsettling and dismissive.
Days passed with no sign of Charline or the Honda Civic, and relatives from out of town gathered in Everett to support the search. The family clung to hope, believing that if they found the car, they would find answers about where Charline had gone.
On April 13, a friend urged Rosey to contact Somerville Police immediately, and at the same time, a cousin called with urgent news. Within minutes, the family learned that the missing Honda Civic had been found behind an apartment building in Union Square.
Inside the driver’s seat, police discovered Charline’s body, ending the search and shattering the hope her family had held onto for nearly a week. Investigators determined she had been shot in the head and left in the car, turning the case into a homicide investigation.
Detectives believed Charline had been lured under the guise of buying the Lexus and targeted for the cash she carried. For years, the case stalled, leaving her family without answers and forcing them to live with the weight of an unsolved murder.
In April 2025, sixteen years after Charline’s death, the Middlesex District Attorney announced a major breakthrough. A grand jury indicted 38‑year‑old Heinsky Anacreon for first‑degree murder, misleading police, and misleading an attorney.
Investigators also identified a second suspect, Roberto Jeune, a close friend of Charline’s who allegedly arranged the fake car deal. Jeune died of natural causes in 2024 and was never charged, but prosecutors believe he played a key role in setting Charline up.
According to the DA, Anacreon and Jeune celebrated with champagne after the murder, and Anacreon later admitted to disposing of the gun in a body of water. He pleaded not guilty in May 2025 and remains in custody awaiting further court proceedings.
Charline’s family has waited more than a decade for justice, and the recent indictment has renewed hope that the truth will finally come to light.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office at (781) 897‑6600.
