CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police are asking the public, businesses and hunters near a state university campus to review their surveillance systems after a retired dean and professor who was married to best-selling author Ron Powers was found shot to death on a rail trail this week.
Police said Friday night an autopsy showed that Honoree Fleming, 77, of Castleton, died from a gunshot wound to the head on Thursday afternoon.
She was found on the Delaware & Hudson Rail Trail about a mile (1.61 kilometers) south of the Castleton campus of Vermont State University, which was closed on Friday because of the investigation.
A witness reported a possible suspect was northbound on the trail walking towards the campus after gunshots were heard, police said.
Political Cartoons View All 1202 ImagesFleming was a beloved retired dean of education and researcher “with countless papers published," the university said in a statement Friday.
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