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Police Continue to Investigate New Sweden, Maine Poisonings
Aired May 03, 2003 - 09:17 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Want to bring you up to date also on this other story that we have been following all morning, the arsenic poisoning in New Sweden, Maine, a small community up there.
Jason Carroll standing by in Woodbridge, Maine, with some -- with some new information -- Jason.
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And good morning to you, Anderson.
Standing outside of the home of a Daniel Bondeson. He's 53 years old, described by neighbors as a man who lived alone and pretty much kept to himself. He was a parishioner at the church where the poisoning took place.
Investigators are outside of his home right now. They are planning to search his home sometime later on this afternoon, although they are not saying what they are searching for.
Investigators actually went to Bondeson's home last night. It is unclear at this point why. What is clear is that Bondeson died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. At this point, we can also tell you, Anderson, that investigators are not referring to Bondeson as a suspect.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I guess I would only say that I think, in lieu of all the scenarios we talked about within our meetings, probably that happenchance stranger entering the back part of the church during the service undetected is not one of the ones that we are going to aggressively pursue early on.
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CARROLL: In terms of the investigation, state police will be asking for DNA samples and fingerprints from all of the parishioners who attended the Gustav Adolf Evangelical Church. They are also going to be trying to determine exactly when the arsenic was placed in that coffee that was served to parishioners last Sunday, Anderson.
COOPER: Jason, this is a confusing story all the way around. The man whose house you are outside of right now, and, again, some of this information not -- may not have been released yet, but you say police arrived at his house. Do you know if they arrived at his house before the self-inflicted gunshot wound occurred, or after? CARROLL: Again, at this point, it's unclear. What we are hearing, though, is that they arrived sometime after the self- inflicted gunshot wound. But, again, you know, we are waiting to hear official word from the police in terms of exactly what happened here at the Bondeson home.
Obviously, there are a lot of things about this story that are still developing. That's just one of the very many points that trying to lock down at this moment.
COOPER: All right, Jason Carroll in Maine, thanks very much. Appreciate it.
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Aired May 3, 2003 - 09:17 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Want to bring you up to date also on this other story that we have been following all morning, the arsenic poisoning in New Sweden, Maine, a small community up there.
Jason Carroll standing by in Woodbridge, Maine, with some -- with some new information -- Jason.
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And good morning to you, Anderson.
Standing outside of the home of a Daniel Bondeson. He's 53 years old, described by neighbors as a man who lived alone and pretty much kept to himself. He was a parishioner at the church where the poisoning took place.
Investigators are outside of his home right now. They are planning to search his home sometime later on this afternoon, although they are not saying what they are searching for.
Investigators actually went to Bondeson's home last night. It is unclear at this point why. What is clear is that Bondeson died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. At this point, we can also tell you, Anderson, that investigators are not referring to Bondeson as a suspect.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I guess I would only say that I think, in lieu of all the scenarios we talked about within our meetings, probably that happenchance stranger entering the back part of the church during the service undetected is not one of the ones that we are going to aggressively pursue early on.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CARROLL: In terms of the investigation, state police will be asking for DNA samples and fingerprints from all of the parishioners who attended the Gustav Adolf Evangelical Church. They are also going to be trying to determine exactly when the arsenic was placed in that coffee that was served to parishioners last Sunday, Anderson.
COOPER: Jason, this is a confusing story all the way around. The man whose house you are outside of right now, and, again, some of this information not -- may not have been released yet, but you say police arrived at his house. Do you know if they arrived at his house before the self-inflicted gunshot wound occurred, or after? CARROLL: Again, at this point, it's unclear. What we are hearing, though, is that they arrived sometime after the self- inflicted gunshot wound. But, again, you know, we are waiting to hear official word from the police in terms of exactly what happened here at the Bondeson home.
Obviously, there are a lot of things about this story that are still developing. That's just one of the very many points that trying to lock down at this moment.
COOPER: All right, Jason Carroll in Maine, thanks very much. Appreciate it.
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