BROCKTON – The murder of his son in Dorchester is what police believe drove Fernando Owens to kill a young woman and leave her remains burning along train tracks on a quiet dead-end street in Bridgewater earlier this month.
Owens, 43, of 65 Lonsdale Street, Dorchester is currently on the run and wanted by police and is considered armed and extremely dangerous.
He was issued an arrest warrant and was charged the murder of Ashley Bortner, 29, on Nov. 3, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz announced in a press conference Tuesday.