BARRE, Vt.— The 22-year-old Massachusetts man arrested in Vermont Thursday hours after his mother was found shot dead in her kitchen has waived extradition and agreed to be returned to his home state.Ryan Hanafin was the subject of an interstate manhunt Thursday after his 48-year-old father Matthew Hanafin arrived home around 12:38 a.m.
and found his wife, 49-year-old Andria Hanafin, shot dead in their kitchen in Reading, Massachusetts, according to Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan.The local prosecutor said in court that she had spoken with Massachusetts State Police and expected them to be able to retrieve Ryan Hanafin "pretty quickly" in a brief hearing Friday afternoon.RYAN HANAFIN ARRESTED IN VERMONT AFTER MOM ANDRIA FOUND DEAD OF GUNSHOT WOUND IN MASSACHUSETTS HOMERyan Hanafin, a 22-year-old from Reading, Massachusetts, was arrested in Vermont more than 12 hours after his father found his mother dead in their kitchen.This mugshot was released by Vermont State Police.
(Vermont State Police)In a hearing where both the judge and defendant appeared virtually, with only the lawyers and media in the courtroom, Hanafin answered "Yes sir," when asked if he could hear the judge.Hanafin was wearing a blue protective covering over his chest and shoulders as he appeared remotely.SEND US A TIPA selfie image shows Massachusetts mom Andria Hanafin, 49.Her husband Matthew found her dead early Thursday morning, and their oldest son, Ryan, was arrested in Vermont hours later.
(Andria Hanafin/Facebook)"You are charged with crimes, felony crimes, in the state of Massachusetts, and they would like to have you returned," the judge said."You have the right to go through what is called the formal governor's warrant process, and that's where the governor of Massachusetts formally asks the governor of Vermont to surrender you, and that takes some time, and they have to make sure that their paperwork is correct, then they would send you back."The judge added that he c...