AG’s cold case unit cracks 1985 Newport murder case

By: Janine L. Weisman, Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: October 6, 2026

Words: 1,272

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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DNA evidence collected by a special investigative unit within the Rhode Island Office of Attorney General has led to an arrest in the 1985 murder of a 22-year-old Jamestown woman in Newport.

It’s a case with special meaning for Attorney General Peter Neronha, who grew up in Jamestown and knew the victim, Hillary Hellewell.

“We knew each other at least from kindergarten,” Neronha told reporters at a press conference inside his Providence …

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