VT SEARSBURG JANE DOE: WF, 35-55, found in wooded area in Searsburg, VT - 17 Sep 2019 *JESSICA HILDENBRANDT*

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Skelatal remains found in wooded area. Suspicious circumstances.

 

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Searsburg remains identified via DNA: A New York woman who was murdered

Jessica Hildenbrandt’s last Facebook post was on July 7, 2019. Police report that she was last in touch with her family in July 2019.

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Ayear after human remains were discovered in a gravel pit near Searsburg, DNA analysis has revealed the identity of the victim.

The death of Jessica Hildenbrandt, 43, of Ballston Spa, New York, was ruled a homicide by the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office, though her cause of death has yet to be determined.


In September 2019, police were contacted after someone reported finding a human jawbone in a gravel pit on Somerset Road. An investigation turned up additional human remains at the site.

Vermont State Police are continuing to investigate the death, but report that “police do not believe there is a threat to public safety” at this time.

 

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Vermont man pleads not guilty to second-degree murder in 2019 death of a woman

Deven Moffitt, of Bennington, was also charged Friday with three drug and gun felonies

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A Vermont man has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the 2019 death of a woman whose remains were found in a gravel pit in Searsburg. Thirty-two-year-old Deven Moffitt, of Bennington, was also charged Friday with three drug and gun felonies. Police say he was taken into custody Wednesday in the death of 43-year-old Jessica Hildenbrandt, of Ballston Spa, New York. Detectives determined that Hildenbrandt and Moffitt had been in a relationship while Moffitt was incarcerated in Vermont on a previous conviction.

Accused killer in 2019 death of Jessica Hildenbrandt faces new federal charges

BURLINGTON — A Bennington man facing murder charges in the 2019 killing of Jessica Hildenbrandt has now been charged with federal gun and drug offenses in U.S. District Court in

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A Bennington man facing murder charges in the 2019 killing of Jessica Hildenbrandt has now been charged with federal gun and drug offenses in U.S. District Court in Burlington, according to a federal indictment released Thursday.

According to a police affidavit, Moffitt fled as police tried to arrest him earlier this month in connection with the murder of Hildenbrandt, who was 47 at the time of her death.