After the mysterious killing of a Vermont town official, his wife and his stepson, a person of interest was found with "some blood on them" on the roadside.

A State Police spokesperson said investigators had detained an individual “during the initial stages of the investigation, but that person is no longer being detained.”

A man, his wife and her 13-year-old son were found shot to death at their home in Pawlet, Vermont, state police said.

A Vermont town official, his wife and her son were found shot to death in their home over the weekend, state police said. Police identified them Tuesday as Brian Crossman, 46, a selectboard member in Pawlet;

A Vermont local official was found shot to death along with his new wife and stepson in their home over the weekend, state police have said.Brian Crossman, his wife Erica and her 13-year-old son, Colin Taft,

A Vermont town official and his new wife and stepson have been found shot dead in their rural farmhouse near the New York border — with a relative in blood-covered clothes calling cops to the triple-murder scene,

Vermont State Police have released the identities of three family members found dead in their home in Pawlet Sunday. Police say Brian Crossman Sr., his wife, Erica Pawlusiak Crossman, and Erica’s son and Brian’s 13-year-old stepson,