The Berkshire County Task Force van parked on West Main Street at the bottom of Charles Street on Monday morning. Authorities were investigating a death that has been confirmed as a homicide.
Cheshire Woman Victim of Sunday Night Murder; Husband Charged
Jillian M. Rosado has been identified as the victim in Sunday's murder.
Update Wednesday, June 1: Luis Angel Rosado, 50, has had a murder charge filed against him in Northern Berkshire District in the death of his wife, Jillian Rosado. The file has been impounded and no further information has been made available. The Berkshire Eagle reports that Jillian Rosado sought an abuse prevention order against her husband in March. A Luis Rosado was charged with domestic violence in 2020 and sentence to a year in the Berkshire County House of Corrections.
The Berkshire District Attorney's Office confirmed it had obtained an arrest warrant for Luis Rosado. Police are working on locating and bringing Rosado into custody and request anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact the State Police Detective Unit at 413-499-1112 or local police.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jillian Tatro Rosado, 38, of Cheshire had been identified as the victim of a homicide Sunday night. Authorities have not released the name of the suspect in the murder.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed on Tuesday that Rosado was murdered but not the cause. The State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Berkshire District Attorney's Office is continuing its investigation into the homicide that occurred at 44 Charles St.
Authorities had confirmed Monday afternoon that the unattended death reported on Sunday night was a murder and that the suspect is apparently still at large.
North Adams Police and Northern Berkshire Emergency Medical Services responded to a residence after receiving a 911 call at approximately 7:54 p.m. Saturday. The victim was deceased at the scene, according to the District Attorney's Office and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner took custody of the body.
Local and State Police were at the scene on Sunday night and the Berkshire County task force van was parked on West Main Street with several officers until Monday afternoon. North Adams Police posted on Facebook that there was an active crime scene and inquiries at that time were being referred to the District Attorney's Office.
According to Monday's press statement, law enforcement did not believe that the perpetrator "poses an immediate danger" to the general public, intimating that the individual is not in custody.
Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington, Berkshire County Sheriff's Office, State Police Crime Scene Services, and forensic scientists from the State Police Crime Lab also responded to the scene.
According to the police log, Northern Berkshire EMS was dispatched to Charles Street at about 8 p.m. on Sunday; a few minutes later there was a report that there was a death. About a half hour later, Chief Jason Wood was called to the scene and did not leave until around 4 a.m.
Custody of the scene was transferred to State Police early Monday morning.
Charles Street is a small side street off West Main Street just past Hill Side Cemetery heading west. There are about a dozen buildings on the dead-end road.
Anyone with information regarding this matter is encouraged to contact the State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Berkshire District Attorney's Office at 413-499-1112 or the North Adams Police Department at 413-664-4945.
Original post at 9:15 a.m., Monday, May 30, 2022; complete write-thru with updated information.
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Veteran Spotlight: Army Reserve Sgt. Bill 'Spaceman' Lee
By Wayne SoaresSpecial to iBerkshires
FALMOUTH, Mass. — Bill Lee served his country in the Army Reserve from 1970 to 1976 during the Vietnam War.
The "Spaceman" is the last Boston Red Sox player to miss time for active duty.
William Francis Lee III, grew up in Burbank, Calif., and was born into a history of former semipro and professional baseball players. His grandfather William was an infielder in the Pacific Coast League and his aunt Annabelle Lee was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball player.
"She taught me how to pitch," he said.
His father, also William, served in the Army as a sergeant during World War II and saw major action at the Battle of Okinawa as a radio communications soldier.
"My dad was tough, old school. My first big endorsement when I was playing was with a Honda dealership in Boston," Lee said. "I went to see my dad to get his thoughts and he says, 'If you come back with a rice-burning car, I'll run you through with the bayonet I took off a dead soldier.'"
Lee attended the University of Southern California and was part of the 1968 Trojan team that won the College World Series. He was drafted in the 22nd round by the Red Sox in the '68 draft.
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