Middlesex Sheriff James V. DiPaola checked into the Lafayette Oceanfront Resort at 5 p.m. on Friday. Hotel staff found him dead in his room Saturday. Police say he left behind a suicide note.
(Matthew J. Lee/ Globe Staff)
Sheriff’s suicide met with shock
DiPaola is mourned amid questions
Middlesex Sheriff James V. DiPaola checked into the Lafayette Oceanfront Resort at 5 p.m. on Friday. Hotel staff found him dead in his room Saturday. Police say he left behind a suicide note.
(Matthew J. Lee/ Globe Staff)
At the end of a week of public tumult, Middlesex Sheriff James V. DiPaola checked into a seaside hotel in Wells, Maine, at 5 p.m. Friday with no luggage and only a laptop computer. Within hours he had taken his own life, leaving behind four to five pages of neatly stacked notes that referenced his wife and daughters, authorities ... (Full article: 1294 words)
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