Viktoria Sundqvist
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Viktoria Sundqvist
@vsundqvist.bsky.social
Journalist. Writer. Wife. Auntie. Cat lady. Puzzler. Reader. Scrapbooker. (she/her)
Robert Cavanagh was a truck driver and corrections officer who loved the outdoors. He was reported missing on Christmas Eve 2004. open.substack.com/pub/ctmissin...
Missing CT man’s family finally learns his fate after 20-plus years
Robert Cavanagh was a truck driver and corrections officer who loved the outdoors.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Anne Marie Pappalardo has been missing for two weeks. open.substack.com/pub/ctmissin...
Search continues for missing Mansfield woman
Anne Marie Pappalardo has been missing for two weeks.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Congrats to the staff at the Daily News!
WE HAVE A DEAL: We are happy to share that all of our hard work - and with the support of the people of New York - we have a tentative agreement on our first contract with Alden Global Capital
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Doreen Vincent would be 49 years old today if she is still alive. open.substack.com/pub/ctmissin...
12-year-old girl vanishes from Wallingford home
Doreen Vincent moved to a rural area of Wallingford with her father and stepmother in the summer of 1988.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Rocky Hill Man Charged With Threatening CT Lawmaker Following ‘No Kings’ Protests ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/10/28/r...
Rocky Hill Man Charged With Threatening CT Lawmaker Following ‘No Kings’ Protests | CT News Junkie
The suspect has several firearms registered in his name, police said. Four rifles and military-grade ammunition were seized from his Rocky Hill home, according to the warrant.
ctnewsjunkie.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Police solve 1977 murder but can’t charge suspect
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Police solve 1977 murder but can’t charge suspect
Renee Freer was known as a friendly girl who would talk to almost anyone.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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It’s been a month since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social was elected by an overwhelming majority. Speaker Johnson still has yet to swear her in, leaving the people of #AZ07 without a voice in Congress. Enough is enough. Swear. Her. In.
October 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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The application to be a federal corrections officer now has several essay questions, including one (#7) in which applicants are expected to explain how they would advance the president's executive orders in the role:
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
George Tsolakis was a dedicated father of three young boys. He went missing in February 1992. open.substack.com/pub/ctmissin...
Indebted pizza parlor owner vanishes after leaving Hartford social club
George Tsolakis was a dedicated father of three young boys.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Kevin Belknap disappeared April 8, 2001. open.substack.com/pub/ctmissin...
CT blackjack dealer vanishes shortly after casino shift
Kevin Belknap lived in Stonington with his wife.
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October 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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October 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Journalist Mario Guevara has been deported from the U.S. back to his native El Salvador, despite having U.S. legal status.

“This is a case about first amendment rights,” Katherine Jacobsen, CPJ’s U.S., Canada, and Caribbean program coordinator, tells the BBC.

📺 Watch⤵️
October 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Weekly Silent Vigil outside Immigration Court in NYC at 26 Federal Plaza; Thursdays at Noon @riseandresist.bsky.social

Inside this building last week, an ICE agent shoved a woman whose husband had been abducted and, a couple of days later, ICE shoved a Journalists so hard, he was hospitalized.
October 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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ICE is too dangerous to be left unaccountable.
Violence & abuse against Americans is wrong.
October 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon.

There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified.

This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:
Shooting involving federal agents in Brighton Park under investigation
According to the Department of Homeland Security, a woman allegedly "boxed in" federal authorities, who opened fire.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Resignation letter from ousted longtime federal prosecutor in Eastern District of Virginia

It issues a scathing rebuke of Justice Dept leadership:

"The leadership is more concerned with punishing the President's perceived enemies than they are with protecting our national security"

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October 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
After more than 50 years, the family finally has answers. open.substack.com/pub/ctmissin...
Man charged in CT cold case murder of young secretary 52 years ago
In 1973, Janet Couture worked as a secretary in a Windsor factory.
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September 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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My President…
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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In 2024, every glaciated region lost ice for the third year in a row.
Glacier meltwater adds about 1.2 mm to global sea level in a single year, raising flood risks in coastal zones.
@wmo-global.bsky.social #StateOfWater report shows how the water cycle is becoming dangerously erratic: bit.ly/4nt8Kxn
September 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"She was a daughter, a mother, a cousin, a niece, a friend, a lover, and a free spirit.”
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CT man charged with illegally dumping body of woman missing since 2023
Alicia Balderston was a good person with a good heart, who fell upon hard times.
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September 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Let's get clickbait out of local news.

We are a group of Idaho and Washington journalists, and our publishing company, McClatchy, wants the ability to punish us for not meeting arbitrary story quotas.

THREAD
September 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Kristjan Ndoj was a smart, friendly and kind high school sophomore who loved soccer.

Eleven years ago, the 15-year-old was gunned down in a Shelton driveway. Police still don’t know who killed him or why.

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Fatal driveway shooting of Shelton teen still a mystery a decade later
Who shot Kristjan Ndoj and why?
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August 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Regina Brown has been missing for almost 40 years. open.substack.com/pub/ctmissin...
The case of the missing flight attendant from Newtown
Regina Brown worked as a flight attendant for American Airlines.
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August 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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And now for something completely different..

Sitting woman with a cat, 1886, Watercolor on paper.

Bruno Andreas Liljefors 1860-1939 Swedish artist, the most important and probably most influential wildlife painter of the late 19th and early 20th century, one of the early Swedish comic creators.
August 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM