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Beloved Nurse Remembered After Being Found Dead In CT Basement: 'Always Went Extra Step' Beloved Nurse Remembered After Being Found Dead In CT Basement: 'Always Went Extra Step'
Beloved Nurse Remembered After Being Found Dead In CT Basement: 'Always Went Extra Step' A beloved mother, grandmother, and wife who dedicated her life to doing everything she could for her patients as a visiting nurse is being remembered following her murder in a Connecticut residence.  Joyce Grayson, age 63, died on Saturday, Oct. 28 after going missing while she was performing her duties as a visiting nurse at a residence in the Windham County municipality of Willimantic. Grayson was reported missing by her family around 2 p.m. on Saturday, prompting Willimantic Police to search the area of Chapman Street. After finding her vehicle, officers tracked her to a nearby resi…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Missing Woman Found Dead In CT Basement: 'One Of Worst Cases I Have Seen,' Police Chief Says Missing Woman Found Dead In CT Basement: 'One Of Worst Cases I Have Seen,' Police Chief Says
Missing Woman Found Dead In CT Basement: 'One Of Worst Cases I Have Seen,' Police Chief Says Authorities are investigating after a woman reported missing was found dead in a Connecticut basement, police said.  The events leading up to the discovery began in Windham County on Saturday, Oct. 28 around 2 p.m., when Willimantic Police were contacted by the family of a woman who had been missing since mid-morning.  New, updated report: Beloved Nurse Remembered After Being Found Dead In Willimantic Home: 'Always Went Extra Step' According to the department, police responded to the area of Chapman Street to investigate the disappearance and determined that the woman's vehi…

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by Ben Crnic
News
'Untimely Death' Under Investigation After Body Found Inside Windham County Home 'Untimely Death' Under Investigation After Body Found Inside Windham County Home
'Untimely Death' Under Investigation After Body Found Inside Windham County Home State police are investigating after a man was found dead inside a Windham County home. The man was found around 11 a.m. in Willimantic on Monday, Jan. 23 by the Willimantic Police who responded to a report of an "untimely death," at a home on Aspen Place, state police said. The Willimantic Fire Department and paramedics from Windham Hospital also responded to the residence, where the adult male was located and pronounced dead at the scene. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the death and responded to the scene to investigate.  At the request of the Sta…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Firearm Threat Leads To Shelter-In-Place, Early Dismissal For CT School District Firearm Threat Leads To Shelter-In-Place, Early Dismissal For CT School District
Firearm Threat Leads To Shelter-In-Place, Early Dismissal For CT School District Updated story: CT School Officials Share Details After Firearm Threat Prompts Early Dismissal, Lockdown A firearm investigation has caused a Connecticut high school to dismiss students early and issue a shelter-in-place order for other schools in the district. Windham Public Schools Superintendent Tracy Youngberg said in an announcement at about 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, that Windham High School is dismissing early. "The police department will be safely escorting all Windham High School students off campus," Youngberg said. "All other Windham Public Schools will remain shelt…

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by Nicole Valinote