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The police found the woman after they went to inform her of her son leaping to his death from the Mount Hope Bridge, police said.
The law went to the motel to tell a woman her son jumped to his death from a bridge and found her dead as well, police said.
The child and the family were not involved with DCYF at the time of the incident, according to the department.
The Atlantic Shark Institute reported a "number" of shark sightings in the Ocean State.
The 85-year-old woman was the victim of a homicide, police said.
A Rhode Island State Police Bomb detection dog searched the hospital, police said.
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