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Autopsy to be Conducted on Man Who May be Linked to Case of Arsenic Poisoning
Aired May 05, 2003 - 07:21 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: An autopsy will be conducted today on the man who may be linked to the case of the arsenic poisoning in a church in Maine. Police say 53-year-old Daniel Bondeson may have shot himself and they've found enough evidence at his farm to link him to the poisonings. Yesterday, parishioners returned to services at the church in New Sweden.
Jason Carroll was there.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The end of services at the Gustaf Adolph Evangelical Church. This is the first time many of these parishioners have seen each other since an arsenic poisoning incident here last week.
Ed Magneson said a prayer for his son, who is still hospitalized.
ED MAGNESON, CHURCH MEMBER: We don't have a lot of information. I can say that he's responding as well as all the others.
CARROLL: Others like Erica Anderson's uncle and her mother.
ERICA ANDERSON, CHURCH MEMBER: She's in fair condition. My uncle is in Bangor and he's in critical condition at this moment.
CARROLL: The service was private, off limits to cameras. But the message was clear -- faith will help in time of pain.
Dawn Peterson said special attention was paid to children like hers to make sure they understood.
DAWN PETERSON, CHURCH MEMBER: It not only touched the adults in this community, but it touched the children, even the young ones.
MARGARET PAYNE, BISHOP: We wanted to begin to both include them and to get them to be able to start talking about what they're afraid of and to reassure them that things will get better.
CARROLL: What may be difficult for the adults to explain is the possibility someone from within the fold may be responsible for what happened. Police say they gathered information over the weekend at Daniel Bondeson's farm that may link the former parishioner to last Sunday's arsenic poisoning. Bondeson died Friday after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. And while investigators are focused on trying to solve the crime, parishioners will continue to try to heal. QUESTION: What gets you through?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know, it's strength, it's hope. I guess it's just something you have to do.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
CARROLL: Many questions have been asked about what type of information police may have linking Bondeson to the crime. Did he leave some sort of a note behind? That's one of the questions that's being asked. Colonel Michael Sperry with the Maine State Police was specifically asked about that and he responded by saying, "I would not comment on a note at this time." He would only repeat the phrase that, "We do have information linking him to the crime" -- Heidi.
COLLINS: Jason Carroll live this morning in New Sweden, Maine.
Thanks, Jason.
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Aired May 5, 2003 - 07:21 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: An autopsy will be conducted today on the man who may be linked to the case of the arsenic poisoning in a church in Maine. Police say 53-year-old Daniel Bondeson may have shot himself and they've found enough evidence at his farm to link him to the poisonings. Yesterday, parishioners returned to services at the church in New Sweden.
Jason Carroll was there.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The end of services at the Gustaf Adolph Evangelical Church. This is the first time many of these parishioners have seen each other since an arsenic poisoning incident here last week.
Ed Magneson said a prayer for his son, who is still hospitalized.
ED MAGNESON, CHURCH MEMBER: We don't have a lot of information. I can say that he's responding as well as all the others.
CARROLL: Others like Erica Anderson's uncle and her mother.
ERICA ANDERSON, CHURCH MEMBER: She's in fair condition. My uncle is in Bangor and he's in critical condition at this moment.
CARROLL: The service was private, off limits to cameras. But the message was clear -- faith will help in time of pain.
Dawn Peterson said special attention was paid to children like hers to make sure they understood.
DAWN PETERSON, CHURCH MEMBER: It not only touched the adults in this community, but it touched the children, even the young ones.
MARGARET PAYNE, BISHOP: We wanted to begin to both include them and to get them to be able to start talking about what they're afraid of and to reassure them that things will get better.
CARROLL: What may be difficult for the adults to explain is the possibility someone from within the fold may be responsible for what happened. Police say they gathered information over the weekend at Daniel Bondeson's farm that may link the former parishioner to last Sunday's arsenic poisoning. Bondeson died Friday after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. And while investigators are focused on trying to solve the crime, parishioners will continue to try to heal. QUESTION: What gets you through?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know, it's strength, it's hope. I guess it's just something you have to do.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
CARROLL: Many questions have been asked about what type of information police may have linking Bondeson to the crime. Did he leave some sort of a note behind? That's one of the questions that's being asked. Colonel Michael Sperry with the Maine State Police was specifically asked about that and he responded by saying, "I would not comment on a note at this time." He would only repeat the phrase that, "We do have information linking him to the crime" -- Heidi.
COLLINS: Jason Carroll live this morning in New Sweden, Maine.
Thanks, Jason.
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