Tag:

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

4 Children Die After Fire Rips Through Connecticut Home 4 Children Die After Fire Rips Through Connecticut Home
4 Children Die After Fire Rips Through Connecticut Home Four children all under the age of 12 died during a massive house fire overnight in northern Connecticut. Fire Update: Residents Donating To Help Somer Family That Lost 4 Children In Blaze The fire occurred in Tolland County around 10:25 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 44 Quality Ave., in the town of Somers. According to Somers Fire Marshal/Fire Chief John Roache, first-arriving firefighters had word that several people may be trapped inside. "Our initial personnel were on scene within 5 minutes and found the entire front of the house heavily involved in fire," said Roache.  Three r…
Update - Missing Westport Boaters: Body Of 1 Man Located, 1 Remains Missing Update - Missing Westport Boaters: Body Of 1 Man Located, 1 Remains Missing
Update - Missing Westport Boaters: Body Of 1 Man Located, 1 Remains Missing The body of a 38-year-old Hudson Valley man who went missing after the small fishing boat he was in sank in the waters of the Long Island Sound off the coast of Fairfield County has been found. The incident began in Westport about 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22 when a boater traveling in the area of Cockenoe Island found a man standing on a navigational buoy, Lt. Eric Woods of the Westport Police said. Original report: 2 Missing, 3 Rescued After Boat Sinks On Long Island Sound A second man and a woman were also rescued from the water. All three individuals were transported to a No…
Man Found Burning Near Busy Roadway In Area Man Found Burning Near Busy Roadway In Area
Man Found Burning Near Busy Roadway In Area A man lying horizontally was found burning after police in Fairfield County responded to a call for a possible fire near a popular park. The incident took place in New Canaan around 8:45 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 10 in the area of Lapham Road near Waveny Park.  Preliminary evidence "does support that this incident is most likely a suicide," New Canaan Police said. Members of the New Canaan PD were dispatched to the area of Lapham Road near the town mulch pile on a report of a possible fire in the woods, said Lt. Jason Ferraro, of the New Canaan Police. The report of a fire in the woods w…
Three Dead After I-84 Wrong-Way Crash Three Dead After I-84 Wrong-Way Crash
Three Dead After I-84 Wrong-Way Crash Click here for an updated story: IDs Released For Three People Killed In Fatal, Wrong-Way I-84 Crash Three people were killed when a vehicle traveling the wrong way on a busy stretch of Interstate 84 crashed into another vehicle, according to authorities. It happened Saturday, April 17 at around 6 p.m. in Central Massachusetts when one of the vehicles involved was traveling west in the eastbound lanes in Worcester County, near Exit 6B in Sturbridge, Massachusetts State Police said. Lifesaving efforts were immediately attempted by responding cruisers, however, the crash resulted in…
Woman, 50, Found Murdered Inside Fairfield County Apartment, Police Say Woman, 50, Found Murdered Inside Fairfield County Apartment, Police Say
Woman, 50, Found Murdered Inside Fairfield County Apartment, Police Say Police are asking the public for help after a 50-year-old woman was found murdered inside her apartment in Fairfield County. Denise McClaughlin was found around 9 p.m., Friday, April 2 in Stamford, after police officers responded to her home for a welfare check When officers responded they found McClaughlin dead inside her first-floor apartment at 48 Manor St., Stamford Police Captain Richard Conklin. "Friends of the victim became concerned after attempting to call her for several days without making contact," he said. Conklin declined to reveal a time or manner of death at this time. Th…
Dad Charged In Hot-Car Deaths Was Supposed To Take Twins To Daycare, Report Says Dad Charged In Hot-Car Deaths Was Supposed To Take Twins To Daycare, Report Says
Dad Charged In Hot-Car Deaths Was Supposed To Take Twins To Daycare, Report Says The Hudson Valley father facing manslaughter charges in the hot-car deaths of year-old twins had earlier dropped off an older child but reportedly forgot to take infants to daycare en route to work in New York City. Juan Rodriguez, 39, of New City in Rockland County, had taken the 4-year-old son to a home in Westchester while on his way to work at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx, according to WABC 7. But Rodriguez had forgotten the twins were in their rear-facing car seats in his Honda Accord when he started his shift as a licensed cli…
Investigation Into Death Of Baby Boy Centers On Three States, Includes Northern Westchester Investigation Into Death Of Baby Boy Centers On Three States, Includes Northern Westchester
Investigation Into Death Of Baby Boy Centers On Three States, Includes Northern Westchester Investigators have narrowed down several locations where recycling materials came from in which the body of a full-term newborn baby boy was found dead by an employee at a garbage carting facility in Stamford early Tuesday morning. The body was discovered around 8:40 a.m. at the City Carting garbage transfer station at Taylor Reed Place by an employee, said Stamford Police Lt. Thomas Scanlon. Late Tuesday afternoon, Scanlon said investigators have established that material was dropped off from companies that operate in the following areas: Stamford, Greenwich, Somers (in Northern Westcheste…
Stamford Husband Charged In Wife's Brutal Murder Stamford Husband Charged In Wife's Brutal Murder
Stamford Husband Charged In Wife's Brutal Murder A 75-year-old Stamford man has been charged with the grisly murder of his wife whose body was found covered in blood with her throat slit in their home. Allen Claxton turned himself into Stamford Police Thursday morning on a murder warrant, said Capt. Richard Conklin. He was expected to be released early this afternoon on $150,000 bond, Conklin said. Eden Claxton, 74, was found June 11 in the bedroom of the couple's Hycliff Terrace home after Allen Claxton called 911 around 8:30 a.m. to report that his wife was covered in blood and not breathing, Stamford Police said. When officers arrive…