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New Update: 2 Girls Found After Being Abducted In New England Following Mom's Suspicious Death New Update: 2 Girls Found After Being Abducted In New England Following Mom's Suspicious Death
New Update: 2 Girls Found After Being Abducted In New England Following Mom's Suspicious Death This story has been updated. An Amber Alert has been canceled after two young children who were abducted have been found safe and their father was taken into custody after the suspicious death of their mother. The New Hampshire State Police authorized the activation of the alert system on Friday morning, March 1 after their 31-year-old mother, Caitlyn Niffziger, was found dead in connection with the children's disappearance, according to the state's attorney general's office. The girls, ages 4 and 1, were found in Keene, New Hampshire on Friday, March 1 about 160 miles south of Berlin…

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by Joe Lombardi
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33-Year-Old Woman From Region Found Dead In Backyard, Police Say Death 'Suspicious' 33-Year-Old Woman From Region Found Dead In Backyard, Police Say Death 'Suspicious'
33-Year-Old Woman From Region Found Dead In Backyard, Police Say Death 'Suspicious' Police in Connecticut are treating the death of a 33-year-old woman as "suspicious" after her body was found in a backyard. The body of Windham County resident Kristine Knox, of Plainfield, was found in Plainfield around 1:50 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7. According to Plainfield Police, officers responded to 205 Cemetery Road for a report of a deceased person. On arrival, officers located Knox dead in the backyard of the home, police said. The scene was immediately secured and Plainfield Police Department detectives responded to assist in the investigation. At this time, the Plainfield…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Duo Facing Charges For Alleged Kidnapping Death Of 37-Year-Old Man In Lowell Duo Facing Charges For Alleged Kidnapping Death Of 37-Year-Old Man In Lowell
Duo Facing Charges For Alleged Kidnapping Death Of 37-Year-Old Man In Lowell Two people have been charged in connection with the kidnapping death of a 37-year-old man in the Merrimack Valley, authorities said. Michael Burke and Samantha Perry, both of Lowell, were charged for allegedly holding the man against his will at their Coburn Street home, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office reports. The man's body was found after police were called the home for a well-being check on Friday, Dec. 2, the office reports. Investigation suggests the man was restrained at some point. Authorities believe this was an isolated incident, which is being investigated as a suspicio…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Police Investigate 'Suspicious Death' Of 39-Year-Old Man From Region Police Investigate 'Suspicious Death' Of 39-Year-Old Man From Region
Police Investigate 'Suspicious Death' Of 39-Year-Old Man From Region A suspicious death investigation is underway after a 39-year-old Connecticut man was found suffering from life-threatening injuries before he died at the hospital. Police responded to a report of a disturbance in in Tolland County in the town of Bolton at about 7:50 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 890 Boston Turnpike, Connecticut State Police said. A man, later identified as Travis Terry, of Bolton, was found suffering from life-threatening injuries, police said. He was taken to Manchester Memorial Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, authorities said. "Based upon the initi…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
COLD CASE: Boston Man ID'd As Body Found In Fall River Landfill 17 Years Ago COLD CASE: Boston Man ID'd As Body Found In Fall River Landfill 17 Years Ago
Cold CASE: Boston Man ID'd As Body Found In Fall River Landfill 17 Years Ago Authorities in Fall River say they have solved a mystery that has evaded them for nearly two decades, but a big question remains.  The Bristol County District Attorney's Office on Thursday, Sept. 1, announced that investigators had identified the body found in a landfill 17 years ago as 41-year-old Leon Brown of Boston. Though, the circumstances surrounding his death are still unknown.  Officers discovered Brown's body in the BFI landfill along Airport Road on Aug. 29, 2005, with few clues to help investigators ID him then. He disappeared earlier that month, but no one reported hi…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Police Release IDs, New Info After Suspicious Deaths Of Man, Woman In Region Police Release IDs, New Info After Suspicious Deaths Of Man, Woman In Region
Police Release IDs, New Info After Suspicious Deaths Of Man, Woman In Region Police have identified a Connecticut man and woman who were killed in a suspicious shooting at a home. The two were discovered in a Hartford County home around 5:45 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 28 in East Granby on Wynding Hills Road, according to the Connecticut State Police. Troopers and East Granby Officers responded to the residence, where they located two adults, identified as Thomas Jacius, age 49, and Doreen Jacius, age 48, addresses unknown at this time, with apparent gunshot wounds, state police said. Officials said both were pronounced dead at the scene. "Based on initial findings, these…

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by Kathy Reakes