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David Scoville on the DNA
Database
by Amy Kolb Noyes
The News & Citizen spoke with David Scoville, Patricia's father,
this week from his home in Canandaigua, NY. David and his wife,
Ann, have
worked tirelessly since their daughter's murder to make the use
of DNA evidence a viable tool for law enforcement. The Scovilles
are widely credited with bringing Vermont online with the
national DNA database. They have also fought for DNA legislation
in their home state of New York and on the federal level. It was
the DNA database that eventually snagged Skip Godfrey, now in
custody accused of the Scoville murder."We're very pleased that
the DNA database worked," Mr. Scoville commented. He continued,
"We hope that Vermont will continue to expand their system."
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Remembering
Patty
by Amy Kolb Noyes
Arie Dickinson-Schue, of Morristown, probably knew Patricia
Scoville better than anyone else in Vermont. Still, she said,
"We really didn't know each other at all." Arie shared a
Mountain Road apartment with Patty during the short time she
lived in Stowe. She was the one who reported Patty missing when
she never returned home from a bike ride in October 1991. That
fall, Arie had placed an ad in the paper looking for a roommate.
Patricia Scoville called her from Boston, saying she would be up
in a week to look at the apartment. Arie described her as
pleasant and quite quiet. She was a small 28-year-old woman.
Arie described her as "short and tiny boned - so vulnerable."
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Gelineau Widow Murdered
by Amy Kolb Noyes
A year after holding a press conference at her father-in-law's
Eden home denouncing the Iraq war in which her husband fought
and died, Lavinia Onitiu Gelineau was found murdered in her
Westbrook, ME, home. Police say she wasstrangled by her father,
Nicolae Onitiu, 51, who was visiting from Romania. Police say
Onitiu killed his daughter then hung himself by a basement
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A Sterling Celebration
by Amy Kolb Noyes
One hundred years ago, the residents of the Town of Sterling
voted to dissolve their town, splitting the land among the towns
of Morristown, Johnson, Stowe and Cambridge. Now,
representatives from those four towns have banded together to
commemorate that anniversary. Morristown Selectboard Chair
Shaun Bryer said the group now includes members of the various
towns' selectboards and historical societies. As they move
forward with planning a commemorative event, the committee is
looking to grow its ranks.
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Visitors This week
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drove by the courthouse, was the large white satellite dish on top
of a grey and turquoise WCAX
van. Both sides of the street were completely
occupied by vehicles, and there were people in dark suits waiting
outside the courthouse. Immediately inside, Roderick Hutchinson
was at his usual post next to the metal detector,
but on this day he had to be more cautious about who he let in the
door. With latex gloves, he searched every person who walked
in the door requesting access to the court. 
