{"id":2062117,"date":"2023-10-10T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T18:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-search-for-killer-of-retired-vermont-university-dean-shot-near-campus\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T18:30:09","slug":"police-search-for-killer-of-retired-vermont-university-dean-shot-near-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-search-for-killer-of-retired-vermont-university-dean-shot-near-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seek killer of retired Vermont university dean shot near campus."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-search-for-killer-of-retired-vermont-university-dean-shot-near-campus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2062117&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Kevork \u2064Djansezian\/Getty\u200b Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s Elizabeth Volberding<\/h2>\n<p><strong>11:17 \u2063AM\u200d \u2013\u200c Tuesday,\u200c October 10, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former dean of the\u200b Castleton campus of Vermont\u200c University was \u2064found\u2062 gunned down near campus last\u2062 week and police are still searching for the killer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Honoree Fleming, 77, was fatally shot on the Delaware &#038; Hudson\u2063 Rail\u200c Trail near the Vermont University campus on Thursday. She was \u200dfound\u200c with a \u200bgunshot wound to the head, according to \u2062officials. <\/p>\n<p>Students returned to campus on \u200cTuesday after classes had been excused\u200c due to\u200b the murder that occurred last Thursday. Attendees of the university remain \u2064on edge\u200c as Vermont State \u2064police \u2063continue their search.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, one unnamed\u200b \u201carmed and dangerous\u201d \u200cman has been \u2063described\u2063 as a person of interest and\u2063 authorities \u2064requested that those \u2063in\u200d the community, or those living\u2064 near the trail, review their\u200d security\u2062 cameras in case they may have\u200d captured footage of the \u200dsuspect.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe suspect is considered armed and\u200c dangerous,\u201d Vermont State Police said. \u201cThe public is urged to remain vigilant and alert \u2064for suspicious person(s) and activities and to report anything suspicious \u2063to the Vermont \u200bState Police \u2064at 802-773-9101. Tips also may\u2064 be <a href=\"https:\/\/vsp.vermont.gov\/tipsubmit\">submitted anonymously online<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A witness also reported\u200b a potential suspect\u200c that\u2064 was on the northbound\u2062 side\u2064 of the trail walking in the direction of the \u200dcampus \u2062following the gunshots. According to the\u2062 witness, they saw a \u20635-foot-10-inch White male with short, red\u200d hair who\u200b was last seen wearing a \u2062\u201cdark gray T-shirt and holding a \u200bblack backpack.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI recommend to the public\u200b to \u200dbe vigilant, have some \u200cawareness,\u201d Major Dan Trudeau, commander of the Vermont State\u2062 Police\u2019s criminal\u200d division, announced on Monday. \u201cIf you\u2019re out, be with \u2062a friend because we don\u2019t really \u2064know\u200c yet if the community is in any further \u200ddanger. \u2064We don\u2019t know if\u2063 this \u200dis isolated or not and we\u2019re still trying to develop leads to further figure that out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u2064former dean was believed to have entered the \u200btrail\u200b near campus\u200c at\u200c approximately 4 p.m. on Thursday\u200c and was pronounced dead less than \u2062an hour\u200c later, according to\u200c police.<\/p>\n<p>During a news conference \u2062on Monday,\u2062 Vermont State Police\u2019s\u200c Dan Trudeau announced that the department has already received more \u200cthan 200 tips regarding Fleming\u2019s\u200b murder. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cEvery \u2064tip is \u2062better than\u2062 no tip,\u201d Trudeau said. \u201cThis type of case \u200dis probably\u200d a blend of old-fashioned detective work, along with new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-search-for-killer-of-retired-vermont-university-dean-shot-near-campus\/\" title=\"Police seek killer of retired Vermont university dean shot near campus.\">age technology-based detective work<\/a>.\u2064 We don\u2019t \u200breally know yet if\u200b the community is in \u200bany further \u200bdanger.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As \u200cof \u2064Monday, no suspect has been detained yet. <\/p>\n<p>Police also explained that they do not\u2063 have a motive for the murder and mentioned that it\u2062 remains unknown whether it \u2063was random or targeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOur\u200d hearts \u2062go out \u2062to the members\u200b of our community who taught with Honoree \u2064and had her as a beloved teacher during their time at Castleton,\u201d the Vermont University campus said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VermontStateUniversityCastleton\">statement<\/a> posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fleming\u2064 was a\u200c retired dean\u2064 of education\u200d at the Vermont University \u200dcampus. She was\u200d also \u200cmarried to Pulitzer \u2062Prize-winning\u200b author \u200dRon Powers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is an unbelievable tragedy for the\u2063 Castleton campus and\u2062 for all of Vermont State University. \u200dHonoree will be deeply missed. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CastletonStrong?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CastletonStrong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MNRVgvXTyb\">pic.twitter.com\/MNRVgvXTyb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vermont State (@VermontStateU) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VermontStateU\/status\/1710458777542041873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A \u2063woman\u2064 was killed in Castleton, Vermont on\u200b Friday while walking on a popular trail. Honoree Fleming (77) \u200dwas a retired Dean of Education and adored by everyone in the community. <\/p>\n<p>This happened about\u2064 a mile \u2064from\u200d Vermont State University. The state police are asking everyone to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oWjBMkF5HH\">pic.twitter.com\/oWjBMkF5HH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rose\u2063 (@901Lulu)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/901Lulu\/status\/1710652269509726342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October\u2064 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cScores of students \u200bbenefited from Dr. Fleming\u2019s teachings and research. Before she joined Castleton, she was\u2062 also a faculty member at Trinity \u200dCollege, Middlebury College, and the\u200d Icahn School of Medicine at\u200c Mount Sinai. Honoree lived in Castleton \u2063with her husband, Ron Powers, a Pulitzer Prize-winning\u200c and New York Times \u2062bestselling author,\u201d \u2064the \u2063school said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOur deepest sympathies \u200cgo to her husband, Ron, family, and \u2063friends.\u2064 This is an unbelievable \u200btragedy for the Castleton campus and for all of\u2062 Vermont State University,\u201d the school added. \u201cHonoree will be deeply missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for\u2063 free.\u200d Subscribe here. \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Robert\u2064 F. Kennedy Jr.<\/strong> announces he is breaking from the Democratic Party and running as an independent. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Israel is under\u200c attack<\/strong> at the \u200bhelm of Palestinian terrorist groups, like Hamas. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Residents in Israel are posting\u2064 updates on \u200dhow the terrorist attacks by Hamas are directly impacting them,\u2063 their loved ones, and friends.\u00a0\u2064  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with\u2063 Rep. 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With the\u2063 killer still\u2063 at large, \u200dauthorities are working\u2064 diligently to solve this heinous crime. This article will provide\u2064 an overview of the incident and\u200c the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Body:<\/p>\n<p>Honoree Fleming, \u200ca respected figure \u2063in the academic community, was tragically gunned down near \u200cthe Vermont\u2063 University campus on Thursday. The 77-year-old \u2062former\u2064 dean was found with a fatal \u2062gunshot wound \u2063to her head,\u2063 leaving the community shocked and \u2062saddened by the loss. Law enforcement agencies are now intensifying\u200b their efforts to\u2063 apprehend\u2064 the perpetrator.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b the wake of this horrifying incident, classes were excused for a \u2063brief period of time. \u2064However, students\u2062 have since returned to\u200d campus, albeit with a sense \u2063of unease and\u2063 apprehension.\u2062 Vermont State\u2064 Police remain committed to ensuring the safety of students and staff, conducting an\u200d extensive search \u200cfor the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>According \u200dto authorities, an unnamed individual\u200c has been described as a person \u200cof interest in this case. \u2063The public has been urged \u200dto remain vigilant and report any suspicious\u200b activities to\u200b the Vermont State Police. In an attempt to gather more \u200devidence, investigators have called upon community members and\u200b those\u2064 residing near the trail to review their security cameras for possible \u2064footage of the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200cresponse to\u200c this tragedy, Major Dan \u200cTrudeau,\u200d commander of the Vermont\u2062 State \u200dPolice&#8217;s \u2063criminal division,\u2062 emphasized the importance of remaining cautious and aware of \u2063one&#8217;s surroundings. He \u200cadvised individuals to avoid being alone \u2064and to prioritize personal safety until further information is uncovered. The police are working diligently \u2062to \u2064determine whether this was an isolated incident or if there \u2064is a\u200d potential threat \u2062to the \u200ccommunity.<\/p>\n<p>Eye-witness accounts have provided some preliminary information regarding the suspect. The \u2062witness\u2063 reported seeing\u2063 a 5-foot-10-inch White male with short, red hair walking on the northbound side of the trail, moving\u2064 towards the campus following the\u200d sound of gunshots. The\u2063 description given was that of a person wearing a dark gray T-shirt and carrying a black backpack.<\/p>\n<p>As the investigation progresses, the Vermont State Police \u2064have been actively seeking\u2062 the cooperation of \u2063the public. Over 200\u200b tips regarding Fleming&#8217;s murder have already been received, highlighting the willingness of community \u2064members to assist in\u200b bringing the culprit to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>The tragic death \u200dof\u200b Honoree Fleming has cast a shadow \u200dover\u200b the Vermont University campus. With the community on edge,\u2064 authorities are sparing no effort\u2064 to apprehend the responsible party\u2064 and provide a\u200d sense\u200b of\u2064 security. As the investigation\u200b continues, \u200bit \u2062is crucial for everyone to \u2063remain vigilant and assist the Vermont State Police by reporting any pertinent information that may aid in solving this devastating crime. \u200cThe \u200dmemory of Honoree Fleming will live on, and justice must\u200b be served in \u200dher honor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Honoree Fleming, the former dean of Vermont University&#8217;s Castleton campus, was tragically killed near the campus. 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