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Former Western Mass Priest Dies From COVID-19 On Day He Was To Be Charged For Murder, DA Says Former Western Mass Priest Dies From COVID-19 On Day He Was To Be Charged For Murder, DA Says
Former Western Mass Priest Dies From Covid-19 On Day He Was To Be Charged For Murder, DA Says A former Western Mass Catholic priest who was about to be charged with the 1972 murder of a 13-year-old boy died from COVID-19 on the day he was to be charged. Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said that the case against Richard Lavigne in the murder of Danny Croteau, had officially been closed. Gulluni said during a news conference on Monday, May 23 that the former priest and child molester was the only person to ever be publicly named as a suspect, though he died before he could be charged. The seventh-grader’s body was found face down in the Chicopee River on April 15, 1972. An…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Body Found In Connecticut River Confirmed To Be 12-Year-Old Boy Body Found In Connecticut River Confirmed To Be 12-Year-Old Boy
Body Found In Connecticut River Confirmed To Be 12-Year-Old Boy The body found in the waters of the Connecticut River has been confirmed to be that of a missing Western Mass boy who has not been seen for more than two months. On Wednesday, April 14, the Chicopee Police Department Underwater Response Team was actively conducting a search of the Chicopee and Connecticut Rivers as part of an ongoing search and recovery operation for missing 12-year-old Aiden Blanchard, said authorities in Massachusetts, in Hampden County. At 11:15 a.m., officers located a body in the water in between the North End Bridge and Memorial Bridge. The Chicopee Police Detective B…

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by Kathy Reakes