Students at a Vermont university have returned to classes as police continue to search for the killer of a retired dean who was shot last week while walking on a recreational trail near campus. Honoree Fleming, a retired dean and professor, was found shot to death on Thursday afternoon on a rail trail about a mile (1.61 kilometers) south of the Castleton campus of Vermont State University. The shooting happened during the school’s week-long fall break. The university reopened Monday but students
CASTLETON, Vt. — Students at a Vermont university returned to classes Tuesday, some on edge, as police continued to search for the killer of a retired dean who was shot last week while walking on a recreational trail near campus in the small town.Thursday afternoon on the Delaware & Hudson Rail Trail about a mile south of the Castleton campus of Vermont State University. The shooting happened during the school’s week-long fall break.
A witness reported a possible suspect was northbound on the trail walking towards the campus after gunshots were heard, police said. The witness described a 5-foot-10-inch white male with short, red hair, last seen wearing a dark gray T-shirt and carrying a black backpack. State police said he is considered to be armed and dangerous and asked anyone who might have seen him to call them.Leaf-peeping social media users are clogging a Vermont back road.
While the university boosted security on campus and advises students to travel in groups and lock their doors, some students said they wished classes would continue to be cancelled while the investigation is ongoing. “Please, as far as the public goes, provides us tips,” Trudeau said. “Anything noteworthy that you found on cameras, something maybe you drove by and noticed and thought of after the fact. We’re primarily interested in anyone who was walking on the rail trail that day ... in the timeframe of 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.”
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