Alleged victim in O'Connell case 'haunted' to the end
Rebecca Resendez, the alleged victim in the statutory rape
case against Quincy developer William O'™Connell, was killed in a fiery car crash early Tuesday morning in Malden. Her death comes a short time after she returned to Massachusetts from California, where she was staying with relatives to get a break from the stress of the O'™Connell case, her attorney said.