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The southwest part of Vermont was racked with violence on Nov. 1-2, when a series of murders stunned the towns of Brandon, Rupert and Rutland.
The violence began late Wednesday night in the small town of Rupert, Vt. when Benjamin Ploski, 32, engaged in an argument with his girlfriend, Felicia Armstrong, 29. A five-year-old child, who was in the house at the time of the murders, woke in the morning to find the two bodies, after what was apparently a murder-suicide. She proceeded to go to a neighbor's house to call the police, and is now safe.
"She's a very, very intelligent young lady.," said Lt. Timothy Oliver of the Vermont State Police. "She was able to give us every bit of information we needed. She's the only witness."
The typically safe and sleepy town of Brandon, Vt. was stunned by a murder-suicide on Nov. 1. Todd English, 32, of Forestdale, entered the home of his ex-girlfriend Amanda Corey, 27, where she was currently living with Richard Griffin, 35. After a period of quarreling, English shot Griffin in the stomach with a revolver, with Griffin sustaining wounds from which he would die later at Rutland Regional Medical Center. English then turned the gun on himself to commit suicide. Corey and her two children are safe.
In a third murder, John Baptie, 24, was stabbled in the neck on Thursday night in a parking lot behind Wal-Mart while quarreling with another man over money. Johnathan Bruno, 23, is being detained on second-degree murder charges.
"It just seems crazy," said Brandon Police Chief Christopher J. Brickell, of the slayings.
-The Boston Globe
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