Free Press Staff Report
ST. JOHNSBURY -- A St. Johnsbury woman is dead, and her estranged husband is hospitalized after a Monday morning incident police are calling a homicide.
Anna Berwick, 45, was found unresponsive just before 10 a.m. in the parking lot of Green Mountain Mall. Rescue personnel responded and determined the victim to be deceased, her death a "result of a violent act," a police news release said.
Shortly after, Ben Berwick, 49, Anna Berwick's estranged husband, emerged from woods behind the mall. Ben Berwick was suffering from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Ben Berwick was transported to Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, and later to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. He is listed in stable condition.
Police said the couple has been separated and this month, Anna Berwick was granted a temporary restraining order against her husband.
Anna Berwick's body was transported to the Chief Medical Examiner's office at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington to determine the cause and manner of death.
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