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WE'VE LEARNED A
WOMAN WHO WAS
BRUTALLY BEATEN BACK IN
AUGUST, HAS DIED FROM
HER INJURIES.
POLICE SAY HER
HUSBAND IS THE ONLY
SUSPECT THEY HAVE ---
AND HE TOOK HIS OWN
LIFE AFTER THE ATTACK.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER NICOLE
ESTAPHAN IS LIVE IN THE
NEWSROOM WITH THE
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
LUCY PONTE HAD BEEN IN
THE HOSPITAL SINCE THE
AUGUST INCIDENT.
POLICE BELIEVE HER
HUSBAND OF TWENTY
YEARS, WHO KILLED
HIMSELF SHORTLY AFTER
THE ATTACK, IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR HER
DEATH.
THIS WAS THE SCENE IN
AUGUST... WHEN LUCY PONTE
WAS FOUND BEATEN AND
STRANGLED INSIDE HER
LARCHWOOD DRIVE HOME.
ON SUNDAY... THE 54 YEAR OLD
DIED.
EAST PROVIDENCE POLICE TELL
US... THEY SUSPECT PONTE'S
HUSBAND... MARIO PONTE...
WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE
SHORTLY AFTER HIS WIFE'S
ASSAULT... IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR HER DEATH.
03:25:26 any time there's a loss
of
life connected to domestic
violence,
it's just horrific. :32
DEBORAH DEBARE... THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
RHODE ISLAND COALITION
AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SAYS... THERE ARE BETWEEN 4
AND 10 DEATHS RELATED TO
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN RHODE
ISLAND EVERY YEAR.
the reality is there are over
10k vics
of domestic violence here in ri
that
called for help last year. only
a few
ended up murdered. but any one
of
those 10,000 are at risk for
severe
tragedy like this and that's
what we
need to do.. we need to
intervene
and try to prevent things like
this
from happening. :01
MARIO PONTE HAD A HISTORY
OF DOMESTIC ABUSE IN THE
YEARS LEADING UP TO THE
MOMENT THAT WOULD
ULTIMATLEY END BOTH OF THE
PONTES LIVES.
THE PONTES AGAIN
MARRIED FOR 20 YEARS
AND HAVE TWO ADULT
SONS.
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM..
NE EWN.
(SR)
WE'RE TACKING NEW
DETAILS ON A TRAGIC
ACCIDENT THAT KILLED
THREE WOMEN IN