BERLIN — State officials met in Berlin last week to discuss how the state can reduce domestic violence fatalities.
The panel talk follows the July 6 murder-suicide of Sandra Marisol Fuentes Huaracha and Michael F. Gleason Jr. inside La Casita restaurant on Hillside Avenue in Berlin. Police said Gleason shot and killed his estranged wife before killing himself.
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