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Investigative Report... A Murder at Westlake High School
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BREAKING NEWS sometime between 6:15 pm on Friday May 10th and 7:00am on Monday May 13th a murder occurred in the downstairs DARE Office. Mr. DiPaolo found the victim, 49 year old Vincent Iovane, in the DARE Office Monday morning. The FBI suspects that he was murdered in the morning on the 13th due to evidence found at the crime scene. Report by Alice Warford '20 and Tyler Hawkins '20.
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The 911 call made the morning of Monday May 13th detailed the horrific scene that contained large amounts of blood as well as different traces of evidence such as a bloody pen, footprints and also teeth. This has led to the investigation of the murder of Mr. Vincent Iovane in cold blood. Four potential suspects have emerged as the major culprits. These suspects are Mr. Michael Laterza English Teacher, Mrs Mary Newell & Mrs Lauren Cherchia Science Teachers, and Mr Brian McClintock Math Teacher. Report by Patrick Hickey '20 and James Stuetz '20.
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On May 15th FBI agents were sworn in and notified that Iovane was found dead by Mr. Nick Dipaolo, a Guidance Counselor at Westlake High School. Warrants were issued for key suspects, English teacher Mr. Mike Laterza, for the murder of Vinny Iovane and Mrs. Mary Newell, Physics teacher who in an unrelated incident was committing art fraud. Report by John Boccardi '20.
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The FBI discovered Iovane stole a manuscript written by English teacher Micheal Laterza, and in a desperate attempt to get the manuscript back Laterza killed Iovane. Through a series of interviews and Forensic investigations the FBI put together enough evidence to arrest Laterza on on Monday June 23rd for the murder of Vinny Iovane Here find FBI agents Chris Aliberti, James Stuetz and Alyssa Bange explaining to us the chain of evidence. Press Conference by Joe Ragusa '20.
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