A Vermont town official, his wife, and her son were found dead over the weekend in their Pawlet home, state police reported. Identified on Tuesday, the victims include Brian Crossman, a 46-year-old selectboard member; his wife Erica, 41; and her son Colin Taft, 13. Their deaths, ruled homicides, have left the town of approximately 1,400 residents near the New York state line shaken.
The bodies were discovered on Sunday; no arrests have been made. According to the Vermont State Police, initial findings suggest the incident was isolated with no ongoing threat to the community. The regularly scheduled selectboard meeting took place Tuesday night, with flowers place where Crossman would have sat. Mike Beecher, chairperson of the selectboard, said, "Brian Crossman was a friend and neighbor, a hardworking community member who just this year stepped up to join the Pawlet Selectboard. This tragedy that struck him and his family has also hit our community hard, and we are shaken and grieving." (This story was generated by Newser's AI chatbot. Source: the AP)
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