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Feb 10, 2021
Rochester Police are identifying the woman found dead in a car on Vick Park A yesterday morning.
Police say 48-year-old Betsey Vattimo of Leicester was found dead inside the vehicle but a preliminary investigation found no signs of foul play.
The Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office is still working to determine an exact cause of death.
Authorities say she had been reported missing to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office on February 2nd.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Police identified the man found dead in a field off Lexington Avenue in Rochester earlier this month.
Police say a person walking near Lexington Avenue and Wren Street on Jan. 12 found 39-year-old Carlos Fuentes lying in the field.
Officers are treating his death as suspicious for now. The official cause of death is pending toxicology reports from the Monroe County Medical Examiner s Office, investigators said.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the Major Crimes Unit at (585) 428-7157 or email at MajorCrimes@CityofRochester.gov.
Investigators on scene of a suspicious death on Lexington Avenue.
PICTURED: National Guard names three service members killed after their helicopter crashed during a training mission in New York
Chief Warrant Officer Steven Skoda, 54; Chief Warrant Officer Christian Koch, 39; and Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Prial, 30, died on Wednesday
They were killed after their UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter crashed into a field in upstate New York during a training exercise
There were no survivors in the crash
All three were experienced pilots with past deployments to Afghanistan and had won a litany of honors between them
Witnesses who called 911 reported hearing the sounds of an engine sputtering and said the aircraft was flying very low
Spectrum News / WXXI News
BREAKING FRIDAY MORNING: The National Guard has identified those killed in Wednesday night s crash of a military helicopter in Mendon, outside Rochester. They were Chief Warrant Officer 5 Steven Skoda, 54, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christian Koch, 39, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Daniel Prial, 30.
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Steven Skoda
Credit New York National Guard
Skoda was described as a 35-year veteran of the Army and the New York Army National Guard who was single and lived in Rochester. He served in the Active Army 1985-1987. He joined the National Guard 1987. He also earned numerous medals and citations. Skoda was a veteran of the Afghanistan War who deployed there in 2013 and 2019, said a Guard press release. He was an experienced helicopter pilot who served as a UH-60 senior instructor pilot and an instrument flight instructor and a UH-60 maintenance test pilot. He had almost 5,000 flying hours.