Police say Fernandes bound Gardner to a chair and then whipped her before bludgeoning her to death with a sledgehammer while the other two men watched.
Then they set the trailer on fire.
All three were arrested, and both Fernandes and Williams were convicted of murder. McCray still awaits trial.
The incident sent shockwaves through the community, but it only underscored what police already knew: homeless on homeless violence is one of the biggest issues facing the city.
While homeless people make up only one-half of one percent of the nation's population, CPD reports that the homeless account for 10 percent of the arrests in the city. However, most of arrests of homeless do not involve violent crime.
More people--461, in fact--listed as their home address the Cambridge and Somerville Program for Alcohol Rehabilitation (CASPAR) homeless shelter on Albany Street than any other address.
Beyond that, though, 17 of Cambridge's top 20 repeat offenders say they are homeless.
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