Drawer 7 · Archive
Two clocks
Clock A is the house as a product, through July 17, 2026. Clock B is the house as a headline, from the walk-in on. No full articles. The asking price is not a motive.
Clock A · before anyone died there
Aggregator 2016. A Movoto history crumb lists the house on July 18, 2016, at $399,900. That is a year before the July 5, 2017 HSBC foreclosure stamp. No sold price. Treat it as an expired or pulled listing until the MLS card is downloaded.
Listing January 24, 2022. Unit 2 listed at $3,200 a month. Chantae Turner, Thumbprint Realty. Twelve months. No pets. Water, sewer, snow, and gardener included. Security deposit $3,200. March 30, 2022: marked rented at $3,160. No tenant name. A Redfin number, 30748011, is recycled from a 2003 sale. That is aggregator mess, not a second lease.
Listing MLS 73423575. August 30, 2025: $1,025,000, marketed as a two-family, 7 bedrooms, 2,184 square feet. October 9: $989,999. December 5: temporarily withdrawn. January 31, 2026: expired at $989,999. Copy said a quiet street, mirrored floors, Unit 2 under lease. Lead paint: none. That box is not a certificate. One version cited gross income $81,600 and net $63,600.
MLS 73527514 · the sign in the yard
Listing Chantae Turner, Thumbprint Realty. The June 8 Reel also said about $6,100 a month in rent, a mortgage guess of $8,000 to $8,500, and about $2,400 out of pocket if an owner lived in the accessory unit. Those numbers are listing talk.
| Date | Event | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 1 | New | $1,200,000 |
| Jun 5 | Active | $1,200,000 |
| Jun 8 | Turner Reel | $1,200,000 ask |
| Jul 7 | Price cut | $1,150,000 |
| Jul 11 | Active | $1,150,000 |
| Jul 18 | Temporarily withdrawn | $1,150,000 |
| Sep 22–23 | Expired | $1,150,000 |
Copy on this listing: three units plus a new 2-bedroom accessory unit. First-floor 2-bedroom leased. Second-floor 4-bedroom leased. Accessory unit vacant. A 2023 roof. Tankless heaters. 2,713 square feet. 8 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. The sign was still in the yard when the tape went up.
No news story named this house before July 18, 2026. No X thread. No YouTube explainer. The public internet met 25 Malta Street as a rental ad, then as a for-sale ad.
Clock B · after 1:52 p.m.
Police July 18. Herald blotter, Officer James Moccia: an “investigate person” call at 1:52 p.m., reclassified a death investigation. Sergeant Detective John Boyle. The Globe: a body at the home, a for-sale sign, a white picket fence, an officer at the door. A Pressley spokesperson: it is a rental; deepest condolences.
Scene rumor Mass Daily News the same day carried the $340,000 purchase, the $1.15 million listing, and a neighbor’s raid claim. The raid still has no incident number.
Family, on record July 19–21. Elenie Ocasio, on a GoFundMe: Yoseliani, 18, died as a “result of domestic violence.” Boston 25, the mother: “He put a gun to her head, took my baby in that house, and left her to die.” Visiting a boyfriend. Lived in Dorchester. The pronoun is the family’s. This file does not supply a name.
Police The Herald carried the walk-in language: a person shot at 25 Malta Street, apartment #2, still on scene. Boston Police: “absolutely nothing that indicates any connection to the owners of the property.”
Other public record July 22. Ayanna Pressley’s statement names Yoseliani Marte and “domestic violence.” “Devastated… parent of a teenager.”
Police July 30. The BPD release names Yoseliani Ann Marte Ocasio, 18, of Boston. The medical examiner: homicide, single gunshot wound to the head. Carried by the Globe, the Herald, Boston.com, NBC10, WCVB, and CBS Boston.
Commentary John F. Gately, July 20, “Maltese Deal to Con”: commentary on the 2021 purchase. Springfield courthouse coverage ran the same weeks. That building is not this house. No arrest story as of September 29, 2026.
Where the clocks meet
The house was an active $1.15 million listing at the hour of the walk-in. The listing was pulled the same day. That is a market fact and a crime-scene fact. It is not a motive.
The rent roll the listing claimed that week: $6,100 a month, two units leased, the accessory unit empty.
Next drawer: owner entities. Who is on paper for the $6,100. Not who lived in apartment #2.