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December 5, 2006

Update: Swansea police ID homicide victim and suspect

SWANSEA – A New Bedford man is charged today with the murder of Swansea resident Wayne Mendes, who was stabbed multiple times in his Swansea residence, according to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office.

Robert A. Gonsalves will be arraigned today in Fall River District Court, according to a press release issued this afternoon by Bristol County District Attorney Paul F. Walsh Jr. Gonsalves was apprehended, according to Walsh’s office, “still wearing bloodied clothing.”

Gonsalves was already in custody by 9 a.m. today, according to Jennifer Ferland in the District Attorney’s Office. She said she doesn’t know when or where he was arrested.

Mendes was stabbed at his residence on Wood Street. More details about the incident have not yet been released. Both Swansea and Massachusetts state police have referred calls about the homicide to Walsh’s office.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 2:05 PM | Permalink

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