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Man Killed In 2-Car Crash In Western Mass Man Killed In 2-Car Crash In Western Mass
Man Killed In 2-Car Crash In Western Mass A man was killed in a two-car crash Wednesday night in Wilbraham, authorities said.  The crash happened just after 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of Main Street and Boston Road. One of the drivers was airlifted to Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer, where they were pronounced dead, Wilbraham police said.  The man's name was not released.  Other people in the crash received serious injuries, but police did not release an update on their conditions Thursday.  Police closed the intersection for several hours as they cleaned, cleared, and investigated the scene. It was reopen…

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by Josh Lanier
Obituaries
Passionate, Always Smiling: Loved Ones Remember Mom, Son Killed In Western Mass Murder-Suicide Passionate, Always Smiling: Loved Ones Remember Mom, Son Killed In Western Mass Murder-Suicide
Joint Funeral Set For Dylan, Sima Pariseau Driven and walking: That's how family and friends remembered Dylan and Sima Pariseau, the mother and son killed in a murder-suicide in Hampden County earlier this month.  Sima's longtime partner, Peter Donaldson, is believed to have shot and killed the two in the basement of their home in Wilbraham home on June 16 before turning the gun on himself, the Hampden District Attorney's Office has said.  Related: Police Release Details, IDs In Wilbraham Murder-Suicide Obituaries for the Pariseaus paint the picture of a passionate young man at the beginning of a promising career and…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Body Of Missing Western Mass Man Found More Than Month After Disappearance Body Of Missing Western Mass Man Found More Than Month After Disappearance
Body Of Missing Western Mass Man Found More Than Month After Disappearance The body of a missing 83-year-old man from Western Massachusetts was found more than a month after he was reported missing, authorities said. A Massachusetts Highway Contractor found Thomas Frazier's body in a heavily wooded area near Main Street in Wilbraham on Friday Dec. 2, Wilbraham Police reported a week later on Dec. 9. The body was found along a drainage stream at the bottom of a steep hill, police added.  Frazier was originally reported missing from the Vantage Health and Rehab facility in Wilbraham on Oct. 20, police said. Authorities do not believe his death was suspicio…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Unregistered Sex Offender Busted With Help Of 'Alert' Citizen Unregistered Sex Offender Busted With Help Of 'Alert' Citizen
Unregistered Sex Offender Busted With Help Of 'Alert' Citizen Police are saluting an “alert” citizen who reported a man suspiciously watching children at play. It turns out the man is a sex offender who never registered his newest home, work or school address with the police. Wilbraham Police arrested Christopher Tadra Berchem, 46, of Somers, Connecticut, on the charge of failure to register as a sex offender, level 2 or 3, police said. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, at around 6 p.m., police received a call about a suspicious vehicle in the Raymond Drive neighborhood. “The caller stated that the suspicious vehicle was occupied by a lone white male and he appe…

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by Kristin Palpini