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Vermont authorities address spike in homicides
None of the cases in October are believed to be related.
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‘Detectives are tired': Vermont sees 6 homicides — plus a suspicious death — in October
Detectives in Vermont are working under the pressure of a significant spike in homicides and suspicious deaths in October — a period that has had more of those investigations than the head of criminal investigations can remember any other month having during his over two decades with Vermont State Police. “Detectives are tired,” Vermont State Police Maj. Daniel Trudeau said…
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Man arrested in Tupac killing also questioned in Biggie Smalls' murder investigation
The first arrest in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur had its roots in the investigation of the killing of Biggie Smalls.
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‘My mind is not well,' says man charged with killing girlfriend in Chelsea
A woman was found stabbed to death in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Monday, prosecutors said. First responders were at the scene on LaFayette Avenue Monday morning.
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Police investigate homicide of Maine woman
The death of a Maine woman found Tuesday in South Portland is being investigated as a homicide. Maine State Police said Thursday that an autopsy had been conducted on the woman, identified as 52-year-old Danielle Goodwin of Freeport. The Office of the chief Medical Examiner ruled Goodwin’s death a homicide, police said. Details about how she died were not...
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Vt. woman's February death, once thought natural, now deemed homicide
The death of a woman at her home Windham, Vermont, in February has been ruled a homicide, Vermont State Police said Monday. Claudia Voight, 73, died at her home on Feb. 20. Investigators initially believed she died of a medical event, but an autopsy found she had injuries from strangulation, police said. A medical examiner found the woman’s “death was…
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Police identify couple killed in murder-suicide in Hartford, Conn.
Hartford police have identified a couple who was found dead inside their apartment on Monday night and their deaths are being investigated as a murder-suicide. The police department said they were called to 70 Russ St., just a block south of the capitol, at about 7:15 p.m. for a wellbeing check. Responding officers found a man and woman, who police…
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Drive-by shooting leaves a bystander dead and another critically hurt in Connecticut
Hartford Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and another in critical condition Tuesday night. The police department is investigating the homicide, which happened in front of a restaurant on Barbour Street at about 8:13 p.m. Police responded to the area for a reported double shooting. Responding officers saw two men in front of the restaurant –…
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Suspect arrested in Hartford, Conn. attempted robbery that left 1 dead, 3 injured
Police have arrested a man in connection with a shootout at a Hartford apartment that left one dead and three people, including a teenager, in critical condition. They believe the shooting happened as a result of an attempted robbery, and that gunfire was exchanged between the suspects and someone in the apartment. It happened just after 3:30 p.m. inside an…
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Shootout inside Hartford apartment leaves one dead, three injured
One person has died and three people, including a teenager, were hospitalized after a shootout in Hartford Saturday. It happened just after 3:30 inside an apartment on the 500 block of Maple Avenue. Police say officers encountered a car that had crashed over on Wethersfield Avenue at the corner of Benton Street as they were on their way to the…
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Cause of death revealed in NH case of son allegedly killing mother
The woman allegedly killed by her son at a home in Hudson, New Hampshire, last week was killed by blunt-force trauma, officials said Monday. Christine DeGiacomo, a 57-year-old from Hudson, died by homicide, according to state and local police and the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. The trauma that killed her was to her head, chest and abdomen, according...
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Meriden police charge teen with murder in fatal stabbing
Meriden police have arrested a 19-year-old in connection with a fatal stabbing Saturday evening. Officers responded to the 800 block of Hanover Avenue around 6:20 p.m. Saturday after getting a call about a man lying in the road. When they arrived, they found a man, later identified as 44-year-old Justin Sloan Sr. suffering from multiple stab wounds to his neck…
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Suspected gunman in deadly Providence park shooting found hiding in closet
Police have arrested a man suspected of killing a 19-year-old in a shooting at a park in Providence, Rhode Island, this week. Kevin Giron, also 19, was arrested in a closet under a stairwell at a Union Avenue home after days on the run, Providence police said, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. Giron is accused of fatally shooting Juan Carlo…
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New details released in fatal shooting of teen at park in Providence, RI
An altercation at a park in Providence, Rhode Island, led to the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old male on Saturday, according to WJAR. Police identified the victim on Monday as Juan Carlos Morales. They said he is originally from Guatemala but was living in Providence at the time of his death. The shooting occurred around 9 p.m. at Donigian Park….
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Woman Dead in Apparent Homicide at Hotel in Marlboro, Suspect in Custody
A woman was found dead in a hotel parking lot in Marlboro, Massachusetts, on Thursday, and a suspect in what’s being called an apparent homicide is in custody, officials said. The suspect was taken into custody about 12:38 p.m., when Marlboro police arrived at the parking lot on Lakeside Avenue for a report of a death, according to Middlesex...
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Arrest Made in 2021 Killing of 19-Year-Old From Worcester
A Fitchburg, Massachusetts, man has been charged with murder in connection with the killing of a 19-year-old Worcester man found dead in Leominster in 2021. Wilbert I. Nieves, 25, will be arraigned on the murder charge in Leominster District Court on June 1, the Worcester District Attorney’s Office said in a statement Monday. The charge was filed in court on…
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Man Fatally Shoots Girlfriend as ‘Revenge' for Getting an Abortion, Police Say
Dallas Police are investigating the murder of a woman, which her family believes was out of revenge for getting an abortion.
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Man Held Without Bail in Woman's Stabbing Death in Chelsea Apartment
A woman was found stabbed to death in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Monday, prosecutors said. First responders were at the scene on LaFayette Avenue Monday morning.
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Woman Killed in Chelsea Stabbing, DA Says; No Arrests
A woman was found stabbed to death in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Monday, prosecutors said. First responders were at the scene on LaFayette Avenue Monday morning.
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After 4 People Shot at Multiple Scenes in Boston, Police Plead for Public's Help
Police in Boston are investigating after a violent night in the city on Sunday, when two people were killed and another two were wounded during multiple shootings, according to police. “Tonight we’ve had a pretty violent night in the city,” Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said during a news conference Sunday. “We do ask for the public’s help for...