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'Family Came First': Western Mass Mom Killed In CT Crash Was Going Home For Daughter's Birthday
For Paula Garcia, there was nothing more important than her family.
The Hampshire County, Massachusetts, mother of three lived for her children, her husband Joe Bock said in an interview with the Daily Voice.
Paula was killed Tuesday, Jan. 9, while returning to her Easthampton home after the car she was in was hit by a tractor-trailer in Hartford, Connecticut, state police said.
It was her daughter Alba's 13th birthday, Bock said. Paula's birthday was a day later.
Paula Garcia poses for a photo with her children — Alba, age 13, Matteo, 9, and Lia…
Body Found In Connecticut River ID'd As Missing College Student
A body found in the Connecticut River has been identified as a college student who was reported missing last year.
The body of Wasique Hasan, age 21, of Easthampton, Massachusetts, was discovered in Hampshire County Friday, May 21, by a boater in Hadley, said the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.
No foul play is suspected.
Hasan, who attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, had been reported missing by his family on Wednesday, Dec. 30, and his name was then entered into the National Crime Information Center as a missing person.
Meanwhile, investigators said a woman kaya…
