Police searching for Christopher Keeley, wanted for killing Marshfield couple Carl and Vicki Mattson - CBS Boston

Authorities said 27-year-old Christopher Keeley should be considered "armed and dangerous.".

Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said officers were called to the home of Carl and Vicki Mattson on Gotham Hill Drive at 9:19 p.m.

The district attorney said investigators later put out an alert to be on the lookout for Keeley, who knew the couple.

The couple was likely attacked last week, and it was a friend of Keeley's who asked police to do a check on the home telling them Keeley had been living with the couple as a favor to a family member, but had recently been asked to leave.

The documents say Keeley told a friend it was an argument over a barking dog that led to the attack, and that Keeley had been recently acting "psychotic" and told the friend he was feeling an urge to hurt people, including the couple he lived with, and was known to carry knives.

Marshfield Police Chief Phil Tavares said Keeley may have changed his appearance and dyed his hair red.

Cruz said he believes Keeley has "mental health issues" and a "prior involvement with the court system."

Cruz refused to describe how the couple and Keeley knew each other, only saying he was an acquaintance of the Mattsons. 

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