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One was a home invasion that may or may not be related to the victims work on fusion plasma. It is very likely unrelated to that work. The other was a mass shooting style event that targetted an exam preperation review hall populated by econ students and led by a 21-year-old teaching assistant. It's a stretch to connect an isolated murder of a field advancing physics researcher and a hall full of students just becaus…
In a different state, no less.
The distance between Providence & Brookline is only slightly further than the distance between Dallas & Fort Worth. New England states are tiny.