DNA testing

A Marlborough man and former charter school CEO has effectively been sentenced to life in prison for four sexual assaults in different Connecticut cities and towns in 1984. According to the Chief State’s Attorney’s Office, 71-year-old Michael Marion Sharpe was arrested and charged with four counts of kidnapping in the first degree with a firearm after an investigation by...

A son finally found his biological mother only to learn she was murdered decades ago, her body identified only as the Lady of the Dunes for many years: “At first I thought she was alive.” Richard Hanchett has learned more in the past month about his biological mother, Ruth Marie Terry, than he had known his entire life.  “It...

A Marlborough man and former charter school CEO has been found guilty of four sexual assaults in different Connecticut cities and towns in 1984. Court officials said 71-year-old Michael Marion Sharpe was found guilty on eight counts for first-degree kidnapping and kidnapping in the commission of a felony. Sharpe was arrested in 2020 after a DNA match. According to the…

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