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The Montpelier Police Department spent most of Friday, Nov. 15, responding to and investigating a suspected double homicide on Gallison Hill Road. The road was blocked to traffic throughout the morning and early afternoon, rerouting school buses from nearby U-32 Middle and High School, as the Vermont State Police and the Montpelier Police Department cordoned off the area.
According to police, the incident was reported at about 11:30 a.m. at a private home at 579 Gallison Hill Road.
“First responding police officers located two people dead at the scene and detained one man. Everyone involved in this incident is believed to be accounted for, and there is no identified threat to the community,” the Vermont State Police said in a release.
The investigation is in its preliminary stages, police noted, and it involves members of the Vermont State Police Major Crime Unit, Bureau of Criminal Investigations, Crime Scene Search Team, Field Force Division, and Victim Services Unit. The Montpelier Police Department is assisting, the release said.
The Montpelier Police Department sent out a brief release at 2:02 p.m. on Friday, stating: “On Nov. 15, 2024, at approximately 11:29 a.m., the Montpelier Police Department (MPD) and Montpelier Ambulance Service (MAS) were called to a residence at 579 Gallison Hill Road for the report of a physical altercation. One person was taken into custody by responding officers. MPD is being assisted on scene by the Vermont State Police.”
According to the Vermont State Police, after their Crime Scene Search Team processes the scene, the victims’ bodies will be brought to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for autopsies to determine the cause and manner of death. Names of those involved will be released after notification of relatives and further investigation.
Anyone with information that could aid investigators in this case should call the Vermont State Police in Berlin at 802-229-9191 or submit an anonymous tip online at vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
