10 things about Boston, Massachusetts’ Felicia McGuyer

Felicia Marie McGuyer was an American woman from Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She went missing in October 2007.

BIOGRAPHY

McGuyer is a mother of one. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She had brown hair, green eyes and a medium build.
2. She had tattoos on her neck, back, legs and right foot.
3. She was 5’2″ tall and she weighed about 140 pounds.
4. She was born in 1975.
5. In 1997, she gave birth to her son.
6. When she disappeared in October 2007, David Pena, then 18, was her live-in boyfriend.
7. She was last seen in the area of Roxton Street in Dorchester on October 7, 2007.
8. On October 17, 2007, she was reported missing by her mother.
9. On October 31, 2017, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and Massachusetts State Police officers assisted Boston Police Department officers with the search connected to her disappearance of McGuye and searched the woods off Enneking Parkway in West Roxbury, Boston.
10. Her remains were found in 2023.

TIMELINE

Pena is accused of killing McGuyer. He led the authorities to the location of her body after his arrest.

2022

• On December 12, 2022, a warrant for Pena’s arrest was secured. He was wanted on an outstanding warrant for a murder charge related to her death.

2023

• On January 14, 2023, Pena was arrested in Florida, USA for her murder and transported to Boston.
• In June 2024, Pena volunteered information about the circumstances of her disappearance, stating he knew the location of her body and offered to disclose it to the Boston Police Department investigators in exchange for his immunity from being charged or prosecuted for any conduct related to her disappearance or death, among others.
• On August 8, 2023, he gave the Boston Police Department the location of her body.
• On August 14, 2023, authorities recovered her skeletal remains, which were confirmed to be hers through deoxyribonucleic acid.

2024

• On January 17, 2024, Pena was sentenced to up to five years and a day in prison after he pleaded guilty in his case for possession with intent to distribute in exchange for authorities dropping the murder case in relation to her death.