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IDs Released For Men Who Drowned In Candlewood Lake
The names of two Fairfield County men who died after jumping into Candlewood Lake have been released. Related: Bodies Of Missing Danbury Swimmers Found In Candlewood Lake The bodies of Danbury residents Muzha Medardo Vayancela, age 26, and Loja Klever Guanuchi, age 36, were recovered by divers on Thursday, July 18, said Ethan Van Ness with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) on Friday, July 19. Vayancela and Guanuchi jumped into the water of Candlewood Lake on the evening of Monday, July 15, while boating with friends around 10:15 …
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Update: Bodies Of 2 Missing Swimmers Found In Candlewood Lake
The bodies of two Fairfield County men who were missing after jumping from a boat in Candlewood Lake have been recovered by police. Related: New Update: Missing Candlewood Lake Swimmers ID'd As Men Ages 38, 26 The two men, identified as 26-year-old and 38-year-old Danbury residents, were found by the Connecticut State Police dive team and the Danbury Police dive team in Candlewood Lake in Danbury on Thursday, July 18. The names of the victims have not been released pending notification of family. According to James Fowler, a spokesperson for the state Department of Energy and…
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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…
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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…
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Man Found Burning Near Busy Roadway In Fairfield County
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…
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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…
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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…
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Investigation Into Death Of Baby Centers On Three States, Includes Somers
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…
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