A Massachusetts knifeman accused of stabbing six people, including three children, and killing another was apparently in the process of changing his identity.
Jared Ravizza, 26, switched up his gym-hardened, shirtless selfies in September 2023 with photos of him wearing lip gloss, face glitter and painted pink nails.
Ravizza also refers to himself as “her” on Instagram, and court documents obtained by The Washington Post show that a legal name change from Jared Christian Ravizza Jones to Jared Love Jones was filed last month.
In her application, Ravizza wrote that she wanted to “honor my beloved grandmother, Priscilla Jones” and “celebrate the creative talent and magical beauty of my maternal Jones lineage.”
In a statement dated April 8, Ravizza requested that the name change not be made public because “this is a very personal journey for me.”
The request was granted and approved by the judge the following day.
Ravizza is under investigation for murder after police discovered his body in the small Connecticut town of Deep River on Saturday around 3:30 p.m. According to Boston 25 News.
The victim’s identity has not been released.
Police said Ravizza then allegedly laughed as he stabbed four girls, ages 9 to 17, who were watching the film “IF” at a suburban Boston movie theater, before attacking two others at a McDonald’s.
According to local reports, none of the victims’ injuries were life-threatening and they were treated in hospital.
The suspect’s Instagram page contains dozens of photos and videos of him wearing large sunglasses, posing like a model and displaying artwork.
In some of the photos, Ravizza is seen posing with a black Porsche, which appears to be the same car that crashed during a police pursuit after the stabbing at the weekend.
The video, posted just two weeks ago, shows Ravizza approaching a car and looking back eerily at the camera.
On April 5, Ravizza posted a series of photos with artwork, a smoking pipe, and dollar bills.
Five days later, Ravizza posted a photo to her Instagram page in which she pointed to a hand-drawn image of her new name surrounded by pink hearts.
The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office said Sunday that Ravizza is charged with two counts of assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after the attacks on the girls at the Braintree AMC and then two employees at a McDonald’s in Plymouth an hour away. Ravizza has not yet entered a plea.
Braintree Police Station said of the first attack: “Without a word or warning, a man suddenly attacked and stabbed four young women.”
“The attack appears to have been unprovoked. Following the attack, the man fled the theater and left in a vehicle.”
A concession stand employee at the cinema described the suspect as wearing an “oversized trench coat, sunglasses and a long blonde wig.” According to CBS Boston.
According to local media reports and Ravizza’s Instagram page, their flowing blonde hair is real, and not a wig as police initially reported.
Ravizza then fled in a Porsche SUV and drove 30 miles to Plymouth, Massachusetts, where he allegedly stabbed two employees at a McDonald’s rest stop on Route 3, authorities said.
According to the district attorney’s office, surveillance video shows Ravizza reaching through the fast-food chain’s drive-thru window and stabbing a 28-year-old male employee with a large knife.
Authorities said Ravizza then parked his black Porsche, went inside the McDonald’s and stabbed a second employee, a 21-year-old woman. Both victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital.
Ravizza then allegedly fled the plaza, eventually totalling his vehicle in a fiery crash on Cotuit Road in Sandwich.
Ravizza was taken into custody a short time later and is being treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The suspects are due to be arraigned in Plymouth District Court on Tuesday.
