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AG’s cold case unit cracks 1985 Newport murder case
DNA evidence collected by a special investigative unit within the Rhode Island Office of Attorney General has led to an arrest in the 1985 murder of a 22-year-old Jamestown woman in Newport. It’s a case with special meaning for Attorney General Peter Neronha, who grew up in Jamestown and knew the victim, Hillary Hellewell. “We […]
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