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THE BOSTON GLOBE TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1989 17 More remains found off 1-195; links seen to slayings of eight I Human skeletal remains found along highway yesterday morning I rfS found along highway yesterday morning possible," Martin said. "And there are families out there that want some answers. And we want some answers too." The bodies recovered so far were found along major roads in the New Bedford area between last July and March. The victims were all said to be linked to the drug trade or prostitution in New Bedford's crime-ridden Weld Square. PLYMOUTH 1 COUNTY 1 1 x.

Rochester I 3 Jrx Marion Tiim Acushnet 35jr Jk I i airhvcn IVlattapoisett i Boston i I lArfca 111111 ff it ijnl UPtu 1 1 NEW BEDFORD Continued from Page 1 The remains were found by a state Department of Public Works highway crew about 12 miles east of the site where four victims were found off 1-195 in Dartmouth last year. Three other bodies were found off Route 140 in Freetown, and the eighth was found along Route 88 in Westport. Speaking with reporters yesterday afternoon in the wooded area where the unclothed remains were found, Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney John Cor-bett said there was a "possibility" the body was linked to the New Bedford killings. Corbett said the gender of the body and the cause of death would not be known until an autopsy is performed today at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford by pathologist James Weiner, an assistant state medical examiner.

Corbett said, however, that State Police Troopers Jose Gon-salves and Maryann Dill, lead investigators in the eight other homicides in Bristol County, saw a number of similarities while examining the scene yesterday. "The parallels are there," Corbett said. "It's certainly reasonable to make the assumption there is some connection between them." Highway is a link James Martin, spokesman for Pina, said a brief examination of the scene in Marion indicated there were "exact, numerous similarities" between the previously discovered bodies and yesterday's discovery. Corbett and State Police Sgt. Robert Kilpeck, commander of Plymouth County's homicide unit, both said the main similarity was that the body was found alongside a major highway.

Kilpeck also noted that the remains were bris off the sides of state highways in the New Bedford area. "God must have wanted us to find it today," Gomes said. Deborah Botelho, Sandra Botel-ho's 23-year-old sister, said she learned about the discovery through media reports. She said she had not been contacted by investigators. "You just go back to the wondering," she said.

"You just wait and see. It gets very frustrating sitting around waiting to hear if it's her or not." Kilpeck said State Police are planning to search further along I-195 in the Marion area, possibly with dogs. Before yesterday's discovery, Bristol County authorities had announced plans to resume a dog-aided search for more victims. "The district attorney wants to get as many locations looked at as Dec. 1, 1988 The body of Deborah L.

McConnell, 25, was found along Route 140 in Freetown. McConnell had been living with friends in Fall River and New Bedford. She was last seen in April 1988. Dec. 10.

1988 The body of Rochelle Clifford Dopierla. 28, of Falmouth is found in woods near the Reed Road exit off 1-195 in Dartmouth. She disappeared in April 1988. March 28. 1989 The body of Robin Arsenault Rhodes, 29, of New Bedford is discovered off Route 140 in East Freetown.

She was reported missing on July 28, 1988. March 31, 1989 The body of Mary Rose Santos, 27, of New Bedford, is discovered along a wooded area off Route 88 in West-port. She had been missing since July 1988. Gomes said the skeleton was lying on the ground in a fetal-like position. Gomes said one of the crew spotted what he intially believed was the skeleton of a deer or a large dog.

But Gomes then examined the skull more closely and recognized human features. He then called State Police. Discovery stirred sympathy "It was like someone just lay her there, face down," he said. "I wasn't scared. All I could think about was the poor person that was laying there, and the families that are waiting to hear.

That's what got me. There was nothing really to be scared about." Gomes said other DPW crews had speculated this morning about the possiblity of finding a body while they were cleaning de LIST OF VICTIMS The following is a list of the eight slain women thought to victims of a possible serial killer: July 3, 1988 The body of Debra Ann Medeiros, 30, of Fall River is discovered off Route 140 northbound In North Freetown near the Lakeville line. She was reported missing June 23. July 30, 1988 The body of Nancy A. Paiva, 36, of New Bedford, is found on the westbound side of 1-195 in West Dartmouth.

She had been missing since July 9. Nov. 8, 1988 The body of Debra Greenlaw Perry DeMello, 34, was found near the Reed Road exit to 1-195 in Dartmouth. DeMello had escaped from the Women's Correctional Institution in Cranston, R.I., on June 18. Nov.

29, 1988 The body of Dawn Mendes, 25, of New Bedford is discovered near the Reed Road exit of 1-195 in Dartmouth. Mendes was reported missing Sept. 10. mt Lakeville Globe staff map found near a drainage ditch and just iftside the tree line similar to the sites where the other bodies were located. As part of the autopsy, authorities said, they will compare dental records of the three missing New Bedford women with the remains found yesterday.

If the remains are determined to belong to a victim of the New Bedford killer or killers, authorities said, Plymouth County Dis cer corps." Harvard students taking military science classes at MIT, which has Navy, Army, and Air Force officer training programs, receive no academic credit for them. L. Fred Jewett, dean of the college and the administration official who advised the students who offered the resolution, was unavailable for comment yesterday. "It doesn't come as a surprise to me," said dean of students Archie C. Epps 3d, who was escorted from University Hall by protesters in 1969.

"There's been some student sentiment for some time about this issue." A decision to bring the program back officially must be The BU plan also calls for a redesigned curriculum, the institution of preschool classes for 3- and 4-year-olds and child care sessions for children 3 months to 2 years old. School construction is one of the university's most expensive plans for Chelsea, where the newest school building was built in 1907. BU officials have said they will raise the money to fund their proposed reform through state, federal and private grants, and that they will make this city a model for urban educational reform. Staff reporter Muriel Cohen contributed to this story. 1 cro Freetown Fall River i 5 Ti BRISTOL 040) COUNTY Westport ft I Dartmouth I i (88l -Xf- 5 fp I I Ifjfcllll Harvard students seek ROTC return CALL CS FOR YCU3 INiIIiUAL AIRLIKE RESERVATIOMS trict Attorney William O'Malley will join the Bristol County investigation.

The skeleton was spotted by a three-man state DPW crew shortly after 10:30 a.m., said Frederick Gomes, a crew member who was the first to suspect the remains were human. The skeleton appeared to have brown hair, investigators said. No clothing or identification was found on or near the body. approved by the faculty. In 1969, many faculty members had vehement opinions on the ROTC issue.

The nonbinding resolution drew some bitter criticism on campus yesterday. One council member, senior Christopher Sturr, said he was planning to resign from the organization. And approximately 40 students met after the meeting Sunday night to plan a protest. Among the possibilities are a rally sometime this week and a sit-in at the Undergraduate Council office; according to Robert Weissman, also a senior. Globe reporter Linda Matchan contributed to this story.

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