Ex-boyfriend Nathaniel Fujita indicted for Wayland teen's murder

WOBURN - An 18-year-old Wayland man was indicted on murder charges in connection with the murder of his ex-girlfriend of Lauren Astley on Thursday.

Nathaniel Fujita was indicted by a Middlesex grand jury on charges of murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery in relation to 18-year-old Lauren Astley’s death.

An arraignment date has not yet been set.

According to authorities, on July 3 at approximately 11 p.m., Wayland Police were notified that Astley was missing. Astley, was last seen leaving work in Natick shortly before 7 p.m. that evening.
On the moing of July 4, at approximately 7:30 a.m., a body was spotted in a marshy area off of Route 27 in Wayland by a bicyclist passing by. The body was later identified as Lauren Astley, evidencing an obvious wound to the neck.

The death was determined to be suspicious and subsequently declared a homicide.