Vermont Police Release Sketch of Person of Interest in Killing of Retired College Dean

Vermont Police Release Sketch of Person of Interest in Killing of Retired College Dean
This composite police sketch released by the Vermont State Police, depicts a person of interest in the Oct. 5, 2023, killing of Honoree Fleming, 77, in Castleton, Vt. Detective Sgt. Adam Temple/Vermont State Police via AP
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CASTLETON, Vt.—More than 150 tips have come in since Vermont State Police released a sketch of a person of interest in the killing of a retired college dean who was shot dead a week ago on a recreation trail in the small college town, authorities said Thursday.

The composite sketch was made public Wednesday afternoon and is based on witnesses’ accounts of a man they saw on the trail before they came across the body of Honoree Fleming, 77, police said. Fleming died of a gunshot wound to the head while walking along the trail on the afternoon of Oct. 5, about 1 mile (1.61 kilometers) south of the Vermont State University Castleton Campus.