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t/Death (Continued from page 1) Farmington. The spokeswoman said no further information about the vic tim could be released. , A team of police officers searched around parked vehicles outside of the office and the hillside east of the building while the scene inside was in vestigated. R S Molding is in an L-shaped one and two-story building in an industri
al office park off of North Plains In dustrial Road. The complex's small offices are in adjoining rows in the buildings, with exterior main en trances, and most have nearly Ooor to-ceiling glass fronts and glass doors. , Tenants in surrounding offices said the area was quiet and isplated at night, but had virtually no burglaries or serious vandalism.