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June 27, 2006

Man's body found in shallow grave in Hopkinton

HOPKINTON -- State police discovered a man's body this morning, buried in a shallow grave deep in a wooded section of this rural town, according to State Police Capt. Stephen Lynch, who said the discovery is related to the apparent suicide of a Massachusetts man.

The body was buried beneath about a foot and a half of dirt, Lynch said, in a gravesite set back about 75 feet off North Road, a dirt road off Canonchet Road. He said the body had been there for "several weeks" and that decomposition had begun.

The body has not been identified, and authorities have yet to determine a cause of death.

Lynch said that Rhode Island State Police were directed to the area -- which is miles from the nearest house -- last night by Massachusetts authorities, who had been investigating the suicide last week of 48-year-old Gary Leblanc, of Lynn, Mass.

There were some large, identifying rocks in the area where the body was found, said Lynch, who declined comment on the Massachusetts investigation that led authorities to Rhode Island.

Spokesman for Massachusetts local and state police could not be reached early this evening for more details.

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