https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/rhode-island/ The latest Flip News stories on rhode-island. en-GB Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:18:58 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/world/newport-1985-cold-case-hellewell-morton-charged/ https://flipnews.co.uk/world/newport-1985-cold-case-hellewell-morton-charged/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT William Morton, 61, has been charged with the 1985 strangling murder of 22-year-old Hillary Hellewell in Newport, Rhode Island, after the state attorney general's Cold Case Unit used advances in DNA technology to crack the 41-year-old case. Sarah Whitfield hellewell-murder-case cold-case rhode-island Rhode Island Attorney General's Office, The Providence Journal