Vermont Biologist’s Son Decries ‘Moral Decline’ after Mother’s Murder on Hiking Trail

The son of Honoree Fleming, a retired biologist and former dean at Vermont State University who was shot and killed on a hiking trail last October, is speaking out about the lack of progress in the case and the decline in moral values in America. Dean Powers has published a book of poems in his mother’s memory and is calling on her killer to turn himself in. Police have released a sketch of the suspect, but he remains at large and unidentified. Powers believes the lack of attention given to his mother’s case is indicative of a broader moral decline in society.

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