Vermont police get greater than 150 suggestions after sketch of particular person of curiosity launched in path killing

CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — Greater than 150 suggestions have are available since Vermont State Police launched a sketch of an individual of curiosity within the killing of a retired faculty dean who was shot lifeless every week in the past on a recreation path within the small faculty city, authorities mentioned Thursday.

The composite sketch was made public Wednesday afternoon and is predicated on witnesses’ accounts of a person they noticed on the path earlier than they got here throughout the physique of Honoree Fleming, 77, police mentioned. Fleming died of a gunshot wound to the top whereas strolling alongside the path on the afternoon of Oct. 5, about 1 mile (1.61 kilometers) south of the Vermont State College Castleton Campus.

Detectives have been pursuing leads in response to the information, state police mentioned.

On the college, senior Kiki Valentino mentioned she’s heard some college students say the sketch may seem like anybody on campus however that the rise in suggestions helps to alleviate college students’ fears.

“Individuals are … extra sort of comfortable since there are extra suggestions that they’re going to seek out him,” Valentino mentioned.

The particular person of curiosity is described as a 5-foot-10 (1.78-meter) white male in his 20s with brief, pink hair. He was carrying a darkish grey T-shirt and carrying a black backpack and is taken into account armed and harmful, police mentioned.

Witnesses reported that the person was appearing odd, and multiple particular person noticed him, Capt. Scott Dunlap, commander of the Vermont State Police main crime unit, mentioned Wednesday. He additionally mentioned police didn’t know if the capturing was random or focused and suggested the general public to stay vigilant.