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YOU ARE
WATCHING NEWS 8
NOW, I'M MEGHAN
TORJUSSEN.
AND I'M ERIN
OVALLE.
STATE POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING THE
DEATHS OF TWO
PEOPLE FOUND DEAD
IN A BIDDEFORD
MOTEL ROOM.
THEIR BODIES
WERE FOUND
YESTERDAY EVENING
AT THE SLEEPY
HOLLOW MOTEL.
POLICE ARE
RELEASING VERY
LITTLE INFORMATION
AT THIS POINT.
BUT WE DO KNOW
THAT STATE POLICE
SENT A DETECTIVE TO
HELP LOCAL POLICE
WITH THE
INVESTIGATION
AND THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER WAS ON
THE SCENE LATE LAST
NIGHT.
A KNOX COUNTY
VETERINARIAN,
RENOWNED FOR
SAVING RETIRED
CIRCUS ELEPHANTS
WAS KILLED BY ONE
OF ELEPHANTS HE
WAS CARING FOR.
THE STATE
MEDICAL EXAMINER
SAYS JAMES LAURITA
WAS CRUSHED TO
DEATH
HE WAS FOUND IN
ONE OF THE CORRALS
AT "HOPE
ELEPHANTS" THE
SANCTUARY HE
FOUNDED WITH HIS
BROTHER.
IN A STATEMENT
POSTED ON THEIR
WEBSITE, "HOPE
ELEPHANTS" SAYS
LAURITA WAS KNOWN
FOR SPREADING HIS
PASSION FOR
ELEPHANTS, AND
THEY'RE DEEPLY
SADDENED BY HIS
DEATH.
STATE FIRE
INVESTIGATORS ARE
BLAMING "FAULTY
ELECTRICAL WIRING"
FOR THE FIRE THAT
TORE THROUGH
SCARBOROUGH
COMMONS LATE
MONDAY NIGHT.
OFFICIALS SAY
THERE WERE NO
SPRINKLERS INSIDE
THE UNIT WHERE THE
FIRE STARTED--
BECAUSE IT WAS
BUILT BEFORE THEY
WERE REQUIRED.
THE SCARBOROUGH
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION IS NOW
WORKING WITH
BUSINESS OWNERS TO
TRY AND RELOCATE
THEIR OFFICES SO
THEY CAN GET BACK
TO WORK.
THE 70-YEAR-OLD
SARAH LONG BRIDGE
BETWEEN KITTERY
AND PORTSMOUTH IS
GETTING 25 MILLION
DOLLARS IN FEDERAL
GRANTS FOR ITS
REPLACEMENT.
WORK ON THE
REPLACEMENT
BRIDGE IS EXPECTED
TO START IN 2015,
WITH COMPLETION IN
2017.
THE PROJECT IS
ESTIMATED TO COST
160 MILLION
DOLLARS.
THANK YOU FOR
TUNING INTO THIS
NEWS 8 NOW UPDATE
I'M ERIN OVALLE.
AND I'M MEGHAN
TORJUSSEN.
MAKE SURE TO
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WEATHER ANYTIME.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.