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New Bedford Police have confirmed to WBSM News that a body was discovered Monday afternoon hanging from a tree at Fort Taber Park in New Bedford. The body was discovered by passersby in the wooded area atop Battery Milliken at the far northwest end of the park around 5 p...

Saturday morning's death of an inmate of the Bristol County House of Corrections is now being investigated as a suicide, according to Gregg Miliote, spokesman for the Bristol County District Attorney's Office. The inmate, identified as 47-year-old Michael Fay, formerly of Fall River, was rushed to St...

Disturbing details are coming out about the apparent suicide of former New England Patriots star and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez. Local media in Massachusetts report Hernandez cut his finger and wrote "John 3:16" in blood on his forehead...

Newly revealed information indicates that a Worcester man awaiting trial in a convenience store shooting took his own life while being held at the Bristol County House of Corrections in December. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette is reporting that 21-year-old Jaiquan Harris, who was being held on multiple charges stemming from an April 2013 incident in which he shot a Worcester store clerk in t