A retired university dean who was married to Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ron Powers was found shot to death on a Vermont trail, police said, as a manhunt is underway for the suspect.
Retired Vermont State University dean Honoree Fleming, married to Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ron Powers, was found shot to death on a hiking trail.A retired university dean who was married to Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ron Powers was found shot to death on a Vermont trail, police said, as a manhunt is underway for the suspect,Honoree Fleming, 77, was found dead on a rail trail Thursday in Castleton, Vermont State Police said.
Prior to joining Castleton, Fleming was a faculty member at Trinity College, Middlebury College and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. "I am still in shock," he wrote. "Those of you who knew her know that she was beautifully named. I have never known a more sterling heart and soul than hers. She has taken far more than half my own heart and soul with her."Investigators are asking the public to review home and business surveillance systems to help track the suspect, Vermont State Police said on Friday.
The suspect is described by police as being a white man, approximately 5'10" with short red hair. He was last seen wearing a dark-colored T-shirt and carrying a black backpack, police said.
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