Connecticut
Missing Dartmouth student Kexin Cai found dead in Connecticut River
Missing Dartmouth College student Kexin Cai was found dead in the Connecticut River after a days-long search.
Cai, 26, of West Lebanon, N.H., vanished last Wednesday, according to the Lebanon Police Department.
She was was officially reported missing last Friday. A bike believed to have belonged to Cai was spotted near a conservation area in Lebanon, leading searchers to focus on that area.
A fisherman found a body along the Connecticut River in Windsor, Vt., at about 4 p.m. on Monday, according to police. The body was brought to shore and identified as Cai, WMUR reported.
Her death remains under investigation, though foul play is not suspected.
Cai was a doctoral student in the Mutual Understanding Lab of the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department, according to the school’s website.
She was described as as “an exceptionally gifted and humble researcher” who “loved cats so much that she would sneak images of them into every poster or presentation,” according to an email sent to the school community by Dean of the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies Jon Kull.
Kristian Droste, Cai’s partner, told The Dartmouth she had admitted herself to the school’s health service facility for a “mental health crisis” last week and was transferred to the university’s hospital. She was released the day she was last seen.
Connecticut
Cooler Monday ahead of snow chance on Tuesday
Slightly less breezy tonight with winds gusting between 15-25 mph by the morning.
Wind chills will be in the 10s by Monday morning as temperatures tonight cool into the 20s.
Monday will see sunshine and highs in the 30s with calmer winds.
Snow is likely for much of the state on Tuesday, with some rain mixing in over southern Connecticut.
1-3″ should accumulate across much of the state. Lesser totals are expected at the shoreline.

Christmas Eve on Wednesday will be dry with sunshine and temperatures in the upper 30s and lower 40s.
Connecticut
Ten adults and one dog displaced after Bridgeport fire
Ten adults and one dog are displaced after a fire at the 1100 block of Pembroke Street in Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport Fire Department responded to a report of heavy smoke from the third floor at around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Firefighters located the fire and quickly extinguished it.
There are no reports of injuries.
The American Red Cross is currently working to help those who were displaced.
The Fire Marshal’s Office is still investigating the incident.
Connecticut
Woman suffers life threatening injuries in Rocky Hill house fire
A woman was rushed to the hospital after being seriously hurt in a fire Saturday in Rocky Hill.
This all unfolded during the late morning hours at a home on Main Street.
Fire officials say they had to rescue the woman from the home and her injuries are considered life threatening.
Hoarding conditions did a play a factor in the fire, according to the fire department.
No other injuries were reported. Further details pertaining to the fire weren’t immediately available.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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