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25-Year-Old CT Man Accused Of Murdering Associate 25-Year-Old CT Man Accused Of Murdering Associate
25-Year-Old CT Man Accused Of Murdering Associate A 25-year-old Connecticut man has been charged with allegedly strangling an associate to death. Litchfield County resident Brian Seholm, of Torrington, was charged on Thursday, Jan, 11, with the April 2023 death of Hartford County resident Dominick Francischelli, age 55, of Southington. During an investigation, the State Medical Examiner's Officer ruled that Francischelli died from compression of the neck and the manner of death as being homicide, said Det. Sgt. Sergeant James Armack of the Southington Police. Southington Police Department detectives applied for and executed multiple searc…

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by Kathy Reakes
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New Update: Missing 57-Year-Old Ridgefield Man Found Dead, Police Say New Update: Missing 57-Year-Old Ridgefield Man Found Dead, Police Say
New Update: Missing 57-Year-Old Ridgefield Man Found Dead, Police Say This story has been updated: A missing Connecticut man who disappeared while trail hiking has been found dead. Fairfield County resident Jack Gordon, age 57, had last been seen in his hometown of Ridgefield on Sunday, Dec. 3 was located deceased Gordon had left home to go hiking in the Bennetts Farm Trail System area in Ridgefield,.  After 18 hours of searching the area on foot and with drones, K-9 dogs, and air support, he was located, said Capt. Jeff Raines, of the Ridgefield Police. "The incident was not deemed suspicious and there is no danger to the public," Raines sa…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Body Of Missing Swimmer Found By Divers In Candlewood Lake Body Of Missing Swimmer Found By Divers In Candlewood Lake
Body Of Missing Swimmer Found By Divers In Candlewood Lake Divers have recovered the body of a man who went missing while swimming on Candlewood Lake in Fairfield County. The man, in his 20s, was found around 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 28 in the area of the lake in Brookfield  -- near "Chicken Rock,'' -- where he went missing on Friday, June 24. The office of the chief state medical examiner will determine the cause and manner of death, said Will Healey, director of communication for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Identification is pending positive identification and notification, Healey said The investi…

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by Kathy Reakes