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December 13, 2006

Suspect in Lincoln woman's death found at Foxwoods

A suspect in what is now being called the murder of a Lincoln woman was found sleeping in his car at Foxwoods Resort parking garage last night, police said at an afternoon press conference.

Jeremy Pontbriant, 31, of Lincoln was arrested after being found by Connecticut police, has waived extradition and is on his way back to Rhode Island.

Police believe he killed 24-year-old Dawn Alves at her home in Lincoln yesterday. Briant is due to be arraigned tomorrow on one count of first-degree murder.

The two were acquaintances who went to the gym and tanning salon together, Lincoln police said this afternoon. They also both worked at Stop & Shop supermarket.

The police said that Alves, who lived with her mother at 55 Arnold St., died of blunt force trauma to the head. Alves's mother found her dead in the bathroom of their home yesterday morning.

The police did not say how or why the killing took place. There was no sign of forced entry.

Correction: An earlier post incorrectly spelled the last name of the suspect.

-- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples with reports from Journal staff writer Tatiana Pina

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 5:55 PM | Permalink

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