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peets. Curran would not say if the of­ By DARRYL CAMPAGNA fice bad been forcibly entered, if the victim's personal effects or the office Rec()rd-'0~y! interior had been disturbed, or if a WALLINGFORD - The body of a murder weapon had been recovered. 30-year-old Wallingford woman, an Related story. page 11 apparent murder victim, was found Wednesday morning at the company "The Information is limited," he where she had been working a night said. "It would all be speculation at shift,poIice saig. this point." The body of Bfj,biii ~filtOf 31lf The victim, who was married ana<-c:. Wharton BrooK hve was {und on the mother of four, had been working the office floor. shortly after 6:30 ~.m. a shift from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., Curran at R.. S Moldmg & Manu!a~t\lr!ll8~ said. It is not known if she was work­ according to Thomas J. Curran, a Po­ ing the shift alone, he added. lice Department spokesman. Curran R S Molding was closed Wednesday said Pelkey was found by another em­ and the office cordoned off because of sn ployee. the murder investigation, and compa- Wl "Preliminary indications are that ny officials could not be reached for th she was assaulted prior to her death," comment. The victim's body was removed w said Curran. "There were some phys­ from the scene about 12:20 p.m. sr ical injuries around the head." Curran refused to comment on the Wednesday. An autopsy is scheduled exact cause of death, or on whether today, according to a spokeswoman a~ the victim had been sexually as­ for the medical examiner's office in d; saulted. Police have not announced any sus­ ....See DEADI. page 4 Ie

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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.


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