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Police Investigate After Rug Pulled From CT River Police Investigate After Rug Pulled From CT River
Police Investigate After Rug Pulled From CT River Connecticut State Police say a rug pulled from a river by a social media influencer/paranormal investigator has found no evidence it was related to a crime. Detectives from the Major Crime Squad, responded to the Farmington River on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 2 p.m. and at the request of Farmington Police after reports of a rug found by a social media influencer, Sean Austin. After investigating for several hours, detectives tested several large, irregular brownish-red stains on the rug and a presumptive test determined they were not blood, state police said. "Detectives have found no …

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT State Trooper Swept Away By Floodwaters Found Alive After Massive Search CT State Trooper Swept Away By Floodwaters Found Alive After Massive Search
CT State Trooper Swept Away By Floodwaters Found Alive After Massive Search Click here for an updated story: CT State Trooper Dies After Being Swept Away By Floodwaters During Height Of Storm A Connecticut State Police sergeant is hospitalized after his vehicle was swept away by floodwaters. The trooper, a 10-year-veteran assigned to Troop L in Litchfield, was swept away by floodwaters in his police cruiser around 3:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 2. According to Trooper First Class Pedro Muniz, the unidentified trooper called dispatch and told them his vehicle was being swept away near Jack's Bridge in Woodbury. The officer was located after a search and trans…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Man Nabbed For Murdering Girl 16 Years After Crime, Police Say CT Man Nabbed For Murdering Girl 16 Years After Crime, Police Say
CT Man Nabbed For Murdering Girl 16 Years After Crime, Police Say Police have arrested a Connecticut man for the murder of a teenage girl 16 years after she was found strangled to death in a basement stairwell. Willie Robinson, age 52, of Waterbury, was arrested on Friday, Jan. 29, following a decades-long investigation into the slaying. The crime took on Friday, June 1, 2004, around 1:13 p.m. at 23-25 Pearl St., said Lieutenant David Silverio of the Waterbury Police. When officers arrived on the scene they found 16-year-old Jessica Keyworth dead in the stairwell, Silverio said. "Detectives of the Major Crime Squad worked relentlessly on this homic…

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by Kathy Reakes