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4 YEARS AGO TODAY......217 WOUNDS. NO MERCY. NO ESCAPE.

THE MURDER OF SHERELL PRINGLE
Saugus, Massachusetts — December 19, 2021

Forty-year-old Sherell Pringle was finally ready to reclaim her life. She had told her ex-boyfriend, Bruce Maiben, that she was done — completely done. She was choosing peace, choosing freedom, choosing a future. Hours later, her life was taken in the most brutal way imaginable.

According to authorities, Sherell disappeared in the early morning hours of December 19, 2021. Two days later, her body was found in the Rumney Marsh Reservation in Saugus, Massachusetts. She had been stabbed 217 times — a level of violence that reflected pure rage and left her family shattered beyond repair.

Shortly before her death, Sherell texted a friend that she was “done with [Maiben]” because he had illegally broken into her home and threatened her with a knife. That message was the last time anyone heard her voice.

On December 23, 2021, police arrested 48-year-old Bruce Maiben. This week, he was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker said the verdict holds him accountable for his “senseless and atrocious conduct.” But no verdict returns a daughter. No sentence mends a mother’s heart.

In court, Sherell’s mother, Pearl Garner, faced the man who destroyed her family. She called him “scum,” telling him, “You don’t deserve to be walking here. You will get what you deserve because God don’t like ugly. I hope you rot in hell for what you did.”
Her grief was raw, fierce, and unforgettable — the sound of a mother broken by violence she could not stop.

Sherell’s injuries were so severe the family was forced to hold a closed-casket funeral. They couldn’t even see their daughter one last time.

She worked in a medical group and was known as ambitious, radiant, social, and full of joy. She loved traveling, shopping, taking photos, and building a beautiful life for her child. Her obituary called her “a natural-born leader… an amazing mother.”

Just before she died, she had placed an offer on a new home. It was approved after she was gone.

Who saw the danger Sherell was living with long before that morning?
Who understands the pain her family continues to carry as they try to rebuild their lives?
Who will keep speaking Sherell Pringle’s name so her story never fades and her family never grieves alone?

Her family deserved better. Her child deserved better. Sherell deserved a lifetime she never got to live.