LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS — Family and friends are mourning the loss of a Massachusetts teen who was horrifically beheaded by a classmate. <br /> <br />The Boston Globe reports that Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino disappeared on Nov. 18, leaving behind his phone and wallet. <br /> <br />The teen’s family had filed a missing person’s report, but authorities considered him a runaway and largely ignored the case. <br /> <br />Two weeks later, a woman walking her dog along the Merrimack River spotted his body near the riverbank. <br /> <br />He had been decapitated and gruesomely mutilated. Both arms were hacked below the elbow, and his head was lying about 50 feet away. <br /> <br />Police investigating the brutal slaying believe it was carried out by Viloria-Paulino’s classmate, 16-year-old Matthew Borges, but have not disclosed a motive for the murder. <br /> <br />Borges was arrested on Saturday after authorities found evidence linking him to the killing. He is expected to be charged as an adult with first-degree murder.
