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A 20-year-old Dartmouth student was found dead Sunday in the Connecticut River, according to police in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Won Jang was last seen on Saturday evening before being reported missing the next day. While the cause of his death is yet to be determined, foul play is not suspected, Hanover Police Chief Charles Dennis said in a release.
Authorities responded to reports of Jang’s disappearance at about 3:15 p.m. Sunday. They were directed to the area around 8 Boathouse Road. Multiple Dartmouth boathouses are located on the road, which runs next to the Connecticut River.
Jang was last seen by the docks near the water around 9:30 p.m. Saturday while attending an “informal social gathering,” according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. When Jang did not show up for an engagement Sunday, those who knew him alerted authorities.
Local police, firefighters, and teams with the Fish and Game Department searched the area. Dive teams, boats equipped with remotely operated underwater cameras, and a drone were all used in the search for Jang, the Fish and Game Department said in a release. Items found near the dock indicated to rescuers that Jang had not left the immediate area.
Jang’s body was eventually found around 7:30 p.m. by an underwater camera not far from the dock where he was last seen, the Fish and Game Department said. His body was recovered approximately 65 feet offshore, Hanover police said.
Jang, a native of Middletown, Delaware, was studying biomedical engineering and economics at Dartmouth, according to his LinkedIn profile. He was a project manager at the DALI Lab.
In an email to the Dartmouth community, Dean Scott Brown confirmed Jang’s death, The Boston Globe reported. Dartmouth spokespeople did not immediately return a request for information Monday afternoon.
“We understand that this is very difficult news for our community and encourage you to seek support, whether you need a listening ear or guidance in navigating this challenging time,” Brown wrote, per the Globe. “We have been in touch with Won’s fraternity brothers and other friends.”
Kexin Cai, a graduate student at Dartmouth, was also found dead in the Connecticut River earlier this year.
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A prelicensed therapist who had been practicing in Bow, N.H., was arrested Monday based on an allegation that he sexually assaulted a patient during an in-office visit, police said.
Daniel Thibeault, who faces two counts of felonious sexual assault and one count of aggravated felonious sexual assault, is being held at the Merrimack County jail pending his arraignment, according to a statement from the Bow Police Department.
Thibeault had been a candidate for licensure who was subject to a supervisory agreement since May 2024, according to state records. His arrest comes after the presiding officer of the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice suspended his privileges to practice in the state in late December, citing the alleged assault.
Bow police had notified the state’s Office of Professional Licensure and Certification in early December that Thibeault was accused of sexually assaulting the patient despite her “audible demands to stop,” according to an order signed by an administrative law judge.
The incident was reported to Bow police in August, prompting an investigation by Detective Sergeant Tyler Coady that led to a warrant being issued for Thibeault‘s arrest, police said.
Efforts to reach Thibeault for comment were unsuccessful Monday. It was not immediately clear whether he has an attorney.
Police said the investigation is considered active and ongoing. Anyone with additional information is encouraged to contact Coady at 603-223-3956 or tcoady@bownhpd.gov.
Steven Porter can be reached at steven.porter@globe.com. Follow him @reporterporter.
The GameStop store at Fort Eddy Plaza will close this week as the struggling chain closes at least 80 of its stores across the country, including those in Claremont and West Lebanon.
The Concord store will be open Tuesday and Wednesday but will shut after that, the company said in an announcement.
Once the world’s largest retailer of video games with more than 3,200 stores around the world, including more than 2,000 in the United States, GameStop has seen sales fall for years as online gaming has grown. The chain closed some 400 stores last year.
GameStop gained attention in 2021 for reasons not associated with its core business: It was targeted by short sellers and become one of several high-profile “meme stocks” whose price skyrocketed due to attention from a small number of social media influencers, sometimes through pictorial memes pushing for a “short squeeze” to generate large profits at the expense of short sellers and hedge funds.
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