Published September 8, 2010

The front of the vacant Hyde Park home where Richel Nova was murdered. (Bianca Vazquez Toness/WBUR)

If you missed it, a must-read: WBUR’s Bianca Vazquez Toness interviewed Aline Valery, the best friend of one of the men accused of stabbing Richel Nova, the 58-year-old Domino’s Pizza delivery man, in Hyde Park last week.

The police had not yet talked to Valery, but I suspect they will now.

Valery said she saw one of the men after the stabbing took place, blood on his hands, and he stashed the pizza box in her fridge.

“All I seen was they were panicking. Alex had blood all over his pants and his shirt. I asked them what happened. And I guess they told me a lie, they told me that they was walking, they three was walking and somebody was drunk and somebody was trying to touch Yamiley’s butt and they got into a fight.”

Valery says they put a Domino’s pizza box into her refrigerator. And she went to sleep.

Valery had no idea what her friends would be accused of.

Valery said she was offered a slice.

Incredibly sad story. Nova worked multiple jobs to pay for his daughters’ college tuition. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has set up a trust fund to help them get through school.

Funeral services were held for Nova in East Boston today. Three people have pleaded not guilty to murder charges.