PITTSFIELD — His own lawyer said it wasn't a good idea to seek a new trial, but convicted killer David A. Delratez is pressing ahead. Delratez was accused of killing an 84-year-old North Adams woman in 2013 in what Judge John Agostini this week called "fairly gruesome fashion.
" He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for beating and stabbing his neighbor Ellen DePaoli , a former cafeteria manager at Drury High School and church member who was the mother of one of his friends..
