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BUT FIRST TONIGHT --
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INVESTIGATION.
NEARLY TWO MONTHS
AFTER POLICE SUSPECT
AN EAST PROVIDENCE
MAN SAVAGELY BEAT HIS
WIFE, THEN TOOK HIS
OWN LIFE -- WE'VE
LEARNED THE VICTIM OF
THE ALLEGED ATTACK HAS
DIED FROM HER INJURIES.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER SUSAN
CAMPBELL IS LIVE IN THE
NEWSROOM NOW WITH
THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS.
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POLICE TELL ME... LUCY
PONTE HAD BEEN IN
CRITICAL CONDITION ON
LIFE SUPPORT AT RHODE
ISLAND HOSPITAL SINCE
THE ASSAULT.
SEVERAL DAYS AGO... HER
FAMILY DECIDED TO MOVE
HER TO HOSPICE CARE.
AND POLICE SAY SHE DIED
YESTERDAY.
(August 2012, East Providence)
EYEWITNESS NEWS WAS ON
THE SCENE IN AUGUST AS
POLICE LAUNCHED AN
INVESTIGATION INTO AN
ATTEMPTED *** - SUICIDE.
THE VICTIM... LUCY PONTE WAS
FOUND BEATEN AND
STRANGLED INSIDE HER
LARCHMONT DRIVE HOME IN
EAST PROVIDENCE...
ON SUNDAY... THE 54 YEAR OLD
WOMAN DIED..
NOW... THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER'S OFFICE IS
CONDUCTING AN AUTOPSY TO
DETERMINE HER CAUSE OF
DEATH...
POLICE TELL US THEY SUSPECT
HER HUSBAND... MARIO
PONTE... IS RESPONSIBLE.
HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED ON
THE SAME DAY IN AUGUST... AT
A FARM IN SEEKONK..
HIS DEATH HAS BEEN RULED A
SUICIDE..
(Deborah DeBare, Exec Dir. RI
Coalition Against Domestic
Violence)
03:25:24 This is a horrible
horrible
tragedy b/c 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
TELLS US... THERE ARE
BETWEEN 4 AND 10 DEATHS
RELATED TO DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE IN THE STATE EVERY
YEAR..
03:25:39 it's a wakeup call that
we
have a tremendous amt to do to
prevent domestic violence and
to try
to intervene before cases turn
deadly
like this. :47
POLICE SAY THE PONTES WERE
MARRIED FOR MORE THAN 20
YEARS...
THEY HAVE TWO ADULT SONS.
IF
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IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU
KNOW IS SUFFERING
FROM DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.. WE'VE PUT A
NUMBER TO THE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
HOTLINE ON OUR
WEBSITE... WPRI.COM.
COMING UP NEW AT SIX...
WE'LL TELL YOU SOME OF
THE WARNING SIGNS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT
YOU CAN WATCH OUT
FOR..
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM..
SC. EWN.
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NEW DETAILS TONIGHT