Laura Damon

Current archaeologist at PAL
Former reporter @TheNewportDaily
M.A. History, Anthropology, Archaeology
Email: [email protected]

[Laura Damon @LauraDamon13]

“(One of my theories) is that it was such a bad, rainy day, that she called somebody. She went down the list and called people, and she called the wrong guy.”

Madame X, psychics and the girl in the rain. Part II of the Diane Drake cold case.

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[Newport Daily News @TheNewportDaily]

Diane Drake's murder remains unsolved, her brother thinks it's time to honor her https://t.co/cuLI12371i

[Rhode Island Current @RICurrent]

Family and friends of the late Diane Drake plan to gather this afternoon at Easton's Beach in Newport to honor her memory and renew their hope that her 1980 murder will be solved. #coldcase #newportri @AGNeronha https://t.co/c0JmndPNT7

[Laura Damon @LauraDamon13]

I learned about this case a few years ago from my former colleague, @j9weisman. Thank you, Janine!

[Laura Damon @LauraDamon13]

On Aug. 10, 1990, the proprietor of the Canton Restaurant on Broadway — now the site of The Hungry Monkey — left the establishment and drove to his home on Annandale Road.

It was the last time Hong D. Leung made the short commute.
#newport #coldcase
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Great newsroom and exciting career. Highly recommend

[Newport Daily News @TheNewportDaily]

Jobs at The Newport Daily News https://t.co/ystebrNMhc

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Glenn said his brother, Russell, who was killed last week, was released from prison in 2012.
“No work release, no job, no housing, no counseling,” Glenn said. “How does anybody expect to make it? If he didn’t have family, he’d be on the street.”
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Nearly 2 months after a 43-year-old man suffered multiple knife wounds at 12 Dudley Ave., police haven’t reported any arrests in connection to Davide Semenza’s death.
But through public records requests, further details have emerged:
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“I don’t have anything (to say) right now, just, I have an attorney,” Jeremy Speck, charged with 51 counts of gun possession by a person convicted of a violent crime, said yesterday.
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Affordable housing project in Middletown (Oliphant School site) moving along in the process.
Find out who it's for, how big it will be, and what's going to happen to the baseball field:
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Despite claims of migraines, loss of sleep and astronomical electric bills, a judge denied a motion for a preliminary injunction — filed by a group of Portsmouth residents — to stop the town’s operation of a wind turbine near the high school
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“You get out of jail and you're 40 years old, and you can’t go to mom and dad’s house anymore."
Spoke with some folks experiencing homelessness last week at Motel 6 in Newport, where they were staying as part of a temporary housing program.
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[Laura Damon @LauraDamon13]

“I’m a firm believer in everything happens for a reason. It didn’t happen then because this was supposed to happen now."
New female-owned barbershop in Newport.
Via @savanaish
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[Laura Damon @LauraDamon13]

Efforts to get a $60 million bond before voters in November to improve Middletown school buildings is at a "standstill," but not necessarily because of the projected $1.2 million school department deficit and town takeover of school finances.
The latest:
https://t.co/YtFyQKOvF4

[Laura Damon @LauraDamon13]

“Murder is hopeless, it changed me completely … I want to make sure she’s not forgotten.”
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An active warrant in RI, but fighting in the Ukraine. Get to know Alex Tobiassen.
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Anyone with information on Diane Drake’s murder is encouraged to contact Newport Det. Jacque Wuest at 401-847-1306 ext. 5765 or email [email protected]
You can also call the anonymous tip line at the Middletown PD at 401-842-6516 or the detective line at 401-846-0029

[Laura Damon @LauraDamon13]

Diane Drake was murdered 42 years ago today.
There are whispers, even today, of who did it. Suspicions and rumors and hunches, but charges have yet to be brought in connection to the Middletown woman’s murder.
Here's part 1 of a series I wrote last year:
https://t.co/HMSJJcGhxL

[Newport Daily News @TheNewportDaily]

Defense attorney in Newport fatal shooting bail hearing pokes holes in witness testimony https://t.co/X7vcZjlvjF

[Laura Damon @LauraDamon13]

We updated this story with info from the Newport Fire Dept that I received today from an APRA I'd filed. It provides an important and interesting perspective. Check it out:
https://t.co/kahEtHmMg3