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By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN

Associated Press

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — An alleged gunman and five ac-complices have been detained in the shooting of former Red Sox superstar David Or-tiz, Dominican officials said Wednesday, while providing no information about why a group of young men would try to kill their country’s most beloved sports hero.

Four other suspects were also being pursued in the shooting, which witnesses said was carried out by two men on a motorcycle, assisted by two other groups of people in cars.

“At this moment, they are being interrogated and we will continue deepening the investigation to get to the truth about what happened,” Chief Prosecutor Jean Alain Rodríguez said.

“Nobody involved in this unfortunate episode will es-cape justice, neither those who carried it out nor the mastermind,” he said.

The national police direc-tor, Maj. Gen. Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte, said the coordinator of the attack was offered 400,000 Dominican pesos, or about $7,800, to orchestrate the shooting. He said the alleged coordinator was also among those in cus-tody.

Rodríguez and Bautista declined to give a motive for the shooting at a popular San-to Domingo bar Sunday night or say who had hired the at-tackers.

They promised, however, that all those who targeted Ortiz in the baseball-crazy Caribbean country would be brought to justice.

“We recognize the sym-bolism that David Ortiz rep-resents, and we promise that this case will be cleared up completely,” Bautista said.

Ortiz is one of the most be-loved figures in sports history in the Dominican Republic and Boston, a fearsome pow-er hitter with a ready smile. The slugger known as Big Papi led the Red Sox to three

See ORTIZ, page A2

By JONATHAN BISSONNETTEjbissonnette@pawtuckettimes.com

PAWTUCKET – One of Ricardo Pimentel’s favorite words is “impossi-ble.” That’s because, he says, when the word is broken down, it spells some-thing entirely different.

“I … M … Possible. I’m possible,” he said. “I am possible.”

The director of the Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing and

Visual Arts imparted those words of wisdom on the 43 graduating seniors of the Class of 2019 during Wednesday evening’s commencement exercises in-side the school’s auditorium.

Pimentel asked the teenagers about to graduate in mere moments to ponder a few avenues that will help to guide them along their life’s journey. The first was to make a conscious choice to be happy, saying “in a world that’s riddled with controlled messages and negativ-

ity, realize that regardless of the situa-tion, happiness is really a choice.”

The second bit of advice? “Put down your phones once in a while.”

“Look and see the people around you, see their smiles, be aware of those around you,” Pimentel said. “Look, lis-ten, and wonder. Don’t forget to take a moment to appreciate the beauty that comprises our world. I think

See WALSH, page A2

Photo by Keith AllisonRetired Red Sox star David Ortiz continues to show good prog-ress as he recovers from the bullet wound he suffered Sunday night in the Dominican Republic.

Photo by Jonathan BissonnetteThe Class of 2019 at Pawtucket’s Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts hug each other in the minutes before Wednesday’s commencement exercises.

By JOSEPH FITZGERALD

jfitzgerald@woonsocketcall.com

BLACKSTONE – Erika Murray’s relationship with Ramon Rivera, her former live-in boyfriend and father of her four living children, showed a years-long pattern of what one expert defense witness Wednesday called in-timate partner violence.

Murray, the 35-year-old Blackstone mother charged with murder after police dis-covered the remains of three babies in her squalid home on St. Paul Street, spent years in a coercive relationship with Rivera whose psychological control over Murray resulted

in a life of physical and social isolation, according to testi-mony.

“Ray threatened to aban-don her and isolated her from any supportive friends or family members she had,” said Dr. Lisa Rocchio, a fo-rensic psychologist who took the stand on the seventh day of Murray’s jury-waived murder trial in Worcester Su-perior Court.

Rivera, 42, is under indict-ment on two counts each of assault and battery on a child with substantial injury, reck-less endangerment of a child and animal cruelty and a sin-gle count of possessing

See MURRAY, page A2

Defense witness says accused child murderer was psychologically abused

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PawSox fall againDespite three solid

innings from Steven Wright, the PawSox suf-fered a 10-8 road defeat

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BASEBALL – DIVISION II FINAL, GAME 2

SOFTBALL

By NICK CANTORkcsports@ricentral.com

COVENTRY- A day after the high school team came up one win shy of securing a state title, falling 7-3 to La Salle in the D-I champi-onship, Coventry’s middle school program showed that there is plenty to look for-ward to as far as reinforce-ments are concerned.

Facing off against Mc-Court in the semifinals of the RIPCOA playoffs, the Fein-stein Falcons used a seven-run bottom of the third to build off of a three-run first en route to a one-sided 14-5 victory, lifting the back-to-back state champs into the finals once again on Thursday where they

will face either Western Hills or Warwick Vets.

For McCourt, getting this far was a win in of itself.

“We were the 11th seed, so this was huge for them,” head coach Cindy Dixon said.

2019 will go down in the record books as an historic year for the program.

“We made it into A Divi-sion which is the first time we’ve ever done that before,” Dixon said. Her team defeat-ed third-seeded Curtis Cor-ner and sixth-seeded Cole to reach Tuesday’s game against Feinstein before see-ing their run come to a close. “This was a big deal.”

See McCOURT, page B2

TOMMY TERRIFIC

Photos by Jerry Silberman / risportsphoto.comMount St. Charles righty Tommy Burke (3, above) jumps into the arms of catcher Trey Bourque after Burke tossed a 1-hitter to lead the Mounties to a 5-2 victory over Barrington to secure the Division II title. Junior outfielder Everett Misto, left, was named series MVP.

By BRENDAN McGAIRbmcgair@pawtuckettimes.com

PAWTUCKET — My-thology abounds with pro-nouncements as to what as-pects of baseball are most important to winning.

At Mount St. Charles, the debate is pretty cut-and-dry.

Celebrating a Division II championship at McCoy Stadium on Wednesday was made possible due to stel-lar pitching from Tommy Burke, stout defense behind him, and aggressive tenden-cies that were on full display on the base paths. Blend all three together and what you have is a MSC squad that got to celebrate after posting a 5-2 victory over Barrington.

The win completes a fi-nals sweep of the Eagles, who managed just one hit off Burke after collecting 10 hits

in the series opener. Just like he did in Game 3 of the semi-finals against Tolman, Burke ran into very few road blocks en route to turning in a com-plete-game, 95-pitch effort that included eight strikeouts and four walks.

A junior, Burke’s pitch-ing accolades also include facing only batter over the minimum over the first three innings, four innings where he retired the Eagles in order, and retiring the game’s final five batters in succession. Only one time did the Bar-rington hitters end an inning with a runner in scoring po-sition.

“He pitched a helluva game,” said Mount coach Paul Jacques. “He handled the mental aspect of the game very well.”

See TERRIFIC, page B3

Photo by Jerry Silberman / risportsphoto.comAfter posting a pair of upsets in the RIPCOA state tournament, the No. 11 McCourt softball team was bounced in the semifinals, 14-5, by Feinstein.

McCourt enjoys trip to semifinals

MLB

Red Sox snap losing streakWalk-off walk secures victory over Rangers

By DOUG ALDENAssociated Press

BOSTON — Mookie Betts watched patiently as four straight pitches missed the strike zone, and the Red Sox avert-ed disaster.

Betts drew a bases-loaded walk from reliever Jesse Chavez in the ninth, giving the Red Sox a 4-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday and halt-ing Boston’s three-game skid.

“I was pretty confident knowing the situation that he had to kind of come to me at that point. He was in trouble,” Betts said. “It’s huge. It’s kind of tough because obviously we didn’t want to let them back in the game right there.”

See WALK, page B8

Mount righty hurls 1-hitter to secure Division II title

“I knew had a no-hitter going and was overthrowing and missing my spots, but my catcher (Bourque) sat me down between innings and said we’re still up one game and to have fun out there.”

— Mount pitcher Tommy Burke

McCourt goes to

semifinals

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Cumberland Middle School gets shot at

championship

Photo by Ernest A. BrownRichard Osaria, left, tales a selfie to capture his friends Herminnio Lopes, center, and Cameron Leavitt as members of the Class of 2019 gather before the start of the William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School’s Commencement at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket Wednesday.

TECH OUT TIMEDavies Tech Class of 2019 celebrates commencement

By JOSEPH B. NADEAUjnadeau@woonsocketcall.com

WOONSOCKET – They may still have more to learn but 168 members of William M. Davies Jr. Career & Technical High School were told during their com-mencement exercises in the Stadium Theatre Wednes-day evening their class has already proven its ability to meet the challenges to come in the years ahead.

They only have to look to the awards and successes achieved during their four years at Davies for proof of that, the speakers at their graduation reminded them.

The Class of 2019 put in over 20,000 hours of work-based learning while attending Davies and have ex-celled on many fronts in their chosen career paths and academics, John Quinn, a member of Davies’ Board of Trustees noted.

“Over and over again,” Quinn said, the Class of 2019 showed their talents while collecting 38 awards at the

See DAVIES, page A3

Photo by Ernest A, BrownMiguel Ramirez, right, of Pawtucket, right, adjusts the mortarboard of his friend, Ryan Watson, also of Pawtucket.

JM Walsh grads told to embrace the possible

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Jereemy M. AldanaAlexis L. Alves

Jonathan D. AlvesSamantha Amegashie-Baako†^●

Jarvina S. AndersonTristan S. Anderson *Claudia T. Araujo ●*Santiago M. Armas ●Lynn M. ArmstrongJocelyn N. Aroche ●

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Tori A. GoldenMaria J. GomesVirgilio Gomez

Hector M. GonzalezJoel A. GonzalezSara N. Gordon ●

London G. Gregor ●*Matthew J. Grossi

Isaac GuevaraHector J. Guzman

Jakelin A. Hernandez ●

Miriam J. Hilaire †^●Jarrod R. Houle

Liaynez Jimenez †^●Tychan L. Johnson

Eniola V. Kehinde ̂ ●*Patrick A. Kelly

Kathryn R. KlangMaly LaGuerreDylan R. LaHue

Cameron R. LeavittKarissa LondonoHerminio J. LopesBritney A. LopezLuis F. Lopez ●Gino I. LutskiyMax P. Lutskiy

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Madisyn P. McBrideDakota M. McCaugheyDevon M. McKenna ̂ ●

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Thalia S. Philippe †^●*Emily Plaza

David J. PodzonNicholas A. Quinn

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Noraimalee K. RamosBenjamin W. RemieresKamron A. Reynolds

Sergio A. RiveraMariah T. Rivers

Jasmine A. RodriguezSteven J. Rodriguez

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Luis S. RosaTrever J. Sabourin

Anthony G. Salmeron ●

Blanca M. Sanchez Vanessa Sanchez S†^●#

Kenneth J. SantanaLuis A. Santos

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Samuel C. Silverstein ●Gianni T. Smith

Jonathan K. Soares ●*Nasmil M. Sosa

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Samuel D. SzlashtaSamantha S. Tancrede *Leonardo M. TavaresMariah C. TeixeiraDayshon F. Tomar

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Elimelec Aponte Abraham Arbelaez

Megan Arno Olivia Badwa

John Cameron Baxter Benjamin Broadley Christian Chestnut

Tess Collins Sarah Colson

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DaviesContinued from page A1Skills USA Competition, an award from the Providence Business News for excellence in workforce development and an added commendation from Grow Smart R.I.

“Rest assured Davies is on the map in a big way because of you,” Quinn told the class members.

And as they move on to the next steps forward in life, Quinn advised the soon to be Davies graduates to “make the most” of their time spent at the school’s Lincoln campus.

“Davies has given you all the tools you need to suc-ceed,” he said.

As she addressed her peers, Class Salutatorian Vanessa Sanchez, a resident of Paw-tucket, pointed to herself as an example of how they had learned what they need to know to succeed.

Sanchez said she almost didn’t make it into Davies after not doing well on the school’s entrance exam, and in fact needed the help of one of her middle school teachers, John Shilko, who advocated for her to get into the school.

“I remember him saying, “You are a good person, a great student…a hard work-er… I needed to do some-thing… and I know that you will do great at Davies,” she said.

“If only he can see me now, standing here. He saw poten-tial in me and I will always be grateful,” Sanchez said.

Even with such backing for her abilities, Sanchez said she had experienced failures during her high school years just as her classmates have.

“I learned that failure should not deter my deter-mination to excel…..Each failure motivated me to work harder,” Sanchez said.

“We may have sometimes found ourselves aiming for perfection and fearing defeat. But if failure is unavoidable... why worry about it? Failure is good for you,” she said.

“You won’t find great suc-cess unless you’re willing to accept failure. Risk it. Take a chance. If you fail, try again,” Sanchez, a member of the National Honor Society, the National Technical School Honor Society and the Rhode Island Honor Society, told her classmates.

“Whenever I would get stressed or nervous about something, my family would always provide me with some reassurance, saying that if I had tried my best that that was all I could do,” Sanchez said.

“At that moment, this little bit of inspiration never eased my anxiety, but as I reflect on it now, I see the truth in it,” she said.

“We cannot change our failures of the past, and we cannot control what happens in the future…... we can only control how hard we work at the moment. Work hard and fail. Work harder and you will find your way,” Sanchez said. “I failed and look where I’m standing now. Imagine your future,” the salutatorian said.

Sanchez, who participat-ed in Davies’ college class opportunities at the Commu-nity College of Rhode Island during her senior year, will be attending Rhode Island Col-lege in the fall to study biolo-gy for a pre-med degree.

After being introduced at graduation by Davies Director Adam Flynn-Tabloff, Class Valedictorian Julianna De-sautel told her peers her life thus far has revolved around four things, “school, sports, family and friends,” things she has also been focused on while attending Davies and achieving recognition in the National, National Techni-cal School, and Rhode Island honor societies.

“Each year here has had its unique challenges that helped my fellow graduates and I grow into the people we are today,” Desautel said.

“Davies has offered me a high school experience un-like any other by allowing me to explore different fields my freshman year where I ended up falling in love with the pre-engineering shop,” Desautel said.

“I believe that if it wasn’t for Davies I probably wouldn’t be majoring in engineering next year,” Desautel, who is heading to Wentworth Insti-tute of Technology in Boston to study bio-mechanical engi-

neering, told her listeners.“These shops have been a

tremendous help to all of us because I’m sure many of you graduating here tonight had no idea what you wanted to be in the future before you came to Davies,” she said.

“My sophomore year I continued to grow with the help, guidance, and encour-agement of many wonderful staff, teachers and coaches,” Desautel said.

“Some advice one of my

coaches said was “Never say I can’t”! So As long as you be-lieve in yourself, We all can do anything we put our minds to!” Desautel said.

Desautel also worked at Astro Nova for her work-based learning time, took part in the Engineering Olympics, and competed in the Skills USA program.

“Each of these experienc-es helped solidify my major choice and boost my resume as I’m sure it did with my fel-

low graduates,” she said.During her senior year,

Desautel had to push her self even more while balancing her school work with play on the school’s soccer, basketball and softball teams, spending time with her family and even figuring out calculus.

“We as a class have worked very hard this year as I know many of you also have a lot on your plate, and I’m proud of every one of you,” Desautel said.

Desautel said she learned a few other things along the way that she believes to be helpful and told her classmates “being great means asking for help when you need it and if your down pick yourself up, dust yourself off and keep going regardless of what your haters might say.”

As she closed, Desautel told the Class of 2019 they should “follow your dreams, big and small, and never for-get to keep exploring, grow-ing, focusing, and pushing like I did during my time here at Davies, and in the words of Nike, “just do it.”

Victoria Carrion, class of-ficer, also encouraged her peers to rely on their work at Davies as they move on to new challenges. “We need to look ahead to our next goals in life,” she said while assuring her classmates they will sure-ly reach them just as they have their goals at Davies.

As the Class of 2019 read-ied to receive their diplomas, Flynn-Tabloff referenced the former First Lady’s book, “Becoming Michelle Obama,” and a question she raised in it, “who am I becoming.”

That question is different than the traditional “What do you want to be when you grow up,” most people hear inevitably during the course of their lives, he offered, in that in implies a person is still growing and becoming even as they ponder it.

“I’m 38 and I still don’t feel that I am grown up,” Fly-nn-Tabloff said. “Our stories, they are still being written and you are always so much more than you do,” he offered.

As a word of parting ad-vice, Flynn-Tabloff told the Class of 2019 to keep ask-ing them selves Michelle Obama’s question from time to time “who am I becoming,” as they weigh if they like their lives and whether they were able to make the world a bet-ter place than they had found it.

“I hope all of you are going to be proud of your answers,” he said.

Follow Joseph Nadeau on Twitter @JNad75

Ernest A. Brown photosDavies Math teacher Pat Genco, right, is mobbed by students as he congratulates them on their graduation and wishes them well before the start of the William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School’s Class of 2019 Commencement at the Stadium The-atre in Woonsocket Wednesday evening. Virgilio Sanchez, Jonny Soares and Dakota McCaughey, all of Pawtucket, from left, give a thumbs up before the start Wednesday night’s ceremonies.

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BASEBALL – DIVISION II FINAL, GAME 2

SOFTBALL

By NICK CANTORkcsports@ricentral.com

COVENTRY- A day after the high school team came up one win shy of securing a state title, falling 7-3 to La Salle in the D-I champi-onship, Coventry’s middle school program showed that there is plenty to look for-ward to as far as reinforce-ments are concerned.

Facing off against Mc-Court in the semifinals of the RIPCOA playoffs, the Fein-stein Falcons used a seven-run bottom of the third to build off of a three-run first en route to a one-sided 14-5 victory, lifting the back-to-back state champs into the finals once again on Thursday where they

will face either Western Hills or Warwick Vets.

For McCourt, getting this far was a win in of itself.

“We were the 11th seed, so this was huge for them,” head coach Cindy Dixon said.

2019 will go down in the record books as an historic year for the program.

“We made it into A Divi-sion which is the first time we’ve ever done that before,” Dixon said. Her team defeat-ed third-seeded Curtis Cor-ner and sixth-seeded Cole to reach Tuesday’s game against Feinstein before see-ing their run come to a close. “This was a big deal.”

See McCOURT, page B2

TOMMY TERRIFIC

Photos by Jerry Silberman / risportsphoto.comMount St. Charles righty Tommy Burke (3, above) jumps into the arms of catcher Trey Bourque after Burke tossed a 1-hitter to lead the Mounties to a 5-2 victory over Barrington to secure the Division II title. Junior outfielder Everett Misto, left, was named series MVP.

By BRENDAN McGAIRbmcgair@pawtuckettimes.com

PAWTUCKET — My-thology abounds with pro-nouncements as to what as-pects of baseball are most important to winning.

At Mount St. Charles, the debate is pretty cut-and-dry.

Celebrating a Division II championship at McCoy Stadium on Wednesday was made possible due to stel-lar pitching from Tommy Burke, stout defense behind him, and aggressive tenden-cies that were on full display on the base paths. Blend all three together and what you have is a MSC squad that got to celebrate after posting a 5-2 victory over Barrington.

The win completes a fi-nals sweep of the Eagles, who managed just one hit off Burke after collecting 10 hits

in the series opener. Just like he did in Game 3 of the semi-finals against Tolman, Burke ran into very few road blocks en route to turning in a com-plete-game, 95-pitch effort that included eight strikeouts and four walks.

A junior, Burke’s pitch-ing accolades also include facing only batter over the minimum over the first three innings, four innings where he retired the Eagles in order, and retiring the game’s final five batters in succession. Only one time did the Bar-rington hitters end an inning with a runner in scoring po-sition.

“He pitched a helluva game,” said Mount coach Paul Jacques. “He handled the mental aspect of the game very well.”

See TERRIFIC, page B3

Photo by Jerry Silberman / risportsphoto.comAfter posting a pair of upsets in the RIPCOA state tournament, the No. 11 McCourt softball team was bounced in the semifinals, 14-5, by Feinstein.

McCourt enjoys trip to semifinals

MLB

Red Sox snap losing streakWalk-off walk secures victory over Rangers

By DOUG ALDENAssociated Press

BOSTON — Mookie Betts watched patiently as four straight pitches missed the strike zone, and the Red Sox avert-ed disaster.

Betts drew a bases-loaded walk from reliever Jesse Chavez in the ninth, giving the Red Sox a 4-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday and halt-ing Boston’s three-game skid.

“I was pretty confident knowing the situation that he had to kind of come to me at that point. He was in trouble,” Betts said. “It’s huge. It’s kind of tough because obviously we didn’t want to let them back in the game right there.”

See WALK, page B8

Mount righty hurls 1-hitter to secure Division II title

“I knew had a no-hitter going and was overthrowing and missing my spots, but my catcher (Bourque) sat me down between innings and said we’re still up one game and to have fun out there.”

— Mount pitcher Tommy Burke

McCourt goes to

semifinals

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Cumberland Middle School gets shot at

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6 suspects, including gunman, arrested in Ortiz shooting

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN

Associated Press

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — An alleged gunman and five ac-complices have been detained in the shooting of former Red Sox superstar David Or-tiz, Dominican officials said Wednesday, while providing no information about why a group of young men would try to kill their country’s most beloved sports hero.

Four other suspects were also being pursued in the shooting, which witnesses said was carried out by two men on a motorcycle, assisted by two other groups of people in cars.

“At this moment, they are being interrogated and we will continue deepening the investigation to get to the truth about what happened,” Chief Prosecutor Jean Alain Rodríguez said.

“Nobody involved in this unfortunate episode will es-cape justice, neither those who carried it out nor the mastermind,” he said.

The national police direc-tor, Maj. Gen. Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte, said the coordinator of the attack was offered 400,000 Dominican pesos, or about $7,800, to orchestrate the shooting. He said the alleged coordinator was also among those in cus-tody.

Rodríguez and Bautista declined to give a motive for the shooting at a popular San-to Domingo bar Sunday night or say who had hired the at-tackers.

They promised, however, that all those who targeted Ortiz in the baseball-crazy Caribbean country would be brought to justice.

“We recognize the symbol-ism that David Ortiz

See ORTIZ, page A2

By JOSEPH FITZGERALD

jfitzgerald@woonsocketcall.com

BLACKSTONE – Erika Murray’s relationship with Ramon Rivera, her former live-in boyfriend and father of her four living children, showed a years-long pattern of what one expert defense witness Wednesday called in-timate partner violence.

Murray, the 35-year-old Blackstone mother charged with murder after police dis-covered the remains of three babies in her squalid home on St. Paul Street, spent years in a coercive relationship with Rivera whose psychological control over Murray resulted in a life of physical and social isolation, according to testi-mony.

“Ray threatened to aban-don her and isolated her from any supportive friends or family members she had,” said Dr. Lisa Rocchio, a fo-rensic psychologist who took the stand on the seventh day of Murray’s jury-waived

murder trial in Worcester Su-perior Court.

Rivera, 42, is under in-dictment on two counts each of assault and battery on a child with substantial injury, reckless endangerment of a child and animal cruelty and a single count of possessing marijuana with intent to dis-tribute. He is to be tried sep-arately.

Under direct questioning by Murray’s attorney, Keith Halpern, Rocchio, an expert in traumatic stress and inter-personal violence, said Mur-ray and Rivera’s relationship was a textbook case of inti-mate partner violence, which she defined as any behavior within an intimate relation-ship or ex-relationship that causes physical, psychologi-cal, or sexual harm.

In Murray’s case it was predominately psychologi-cal harm, which caused her to conceal the bodies of the three children she gave birth to at home, she said.

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Photo by Ernest A. BrownRichard Osaria, left, tales a selfie to capture his friends Herminnio Lopes, center, and Cameron Leavitt as members of the Class of 2019 gather before the start of the William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School’s Commencement at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket Wednesday.

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WOONSOCKET – They may still have more to learn but 168 members of William M. Davies Jr. Career & Technical High School were told during their com-mencement exercises in the Stadium Theatre Wednes-day evening their class has already proven its ability to meet the challenges to come in the years ahead.

They only have to look to the awards and successes achieved during their four years at Davies for proof of that, the speakers at their graduation reminded them.

The Class of 2019 put in over 20,000 hours of work-based learning while attending Davies and have ex-celled on many fronts in their chosen career paths and academics, John Quinn, a member of Davies’ Board of Trustees noted.

“Over and over again,” Quinn said, the Class of 2019 showed their talents while collecting 38 awards at the Skills USA Competition, an award from the Providence Business News for excellence in workforce develop-ment and an added commendation from Grow Smart R.I.

“Rest assured Davies is on the map in a big way be-cause of you,” Quinn told the class members.

And as they move on to the next steps forward in life, Quinn advised the soon to be Davies graduates to “make the most” of their time spent at the school’s Lin-coln campus.

“Davies has given you all the tools you need to suc-ceed,” he said.

As she addressed her peers, Class Salutatorian Va-nessa Sanchez, a resident of Pawtucket, pointed to

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Right, above: Valedictorian Julianna Desautel, left, is sur-prised with flowers from her friend Alayna Rubio before the start of the Davies Commencement Wednesday. Right: Miguel Ramirez, right, of Pawtucket, right, adjusts the mor-tarboard of his friend, Ryan Watson, also of Pawtucket.

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DaviesContinued from page A1herself as an example of how they had learned what they need to know to succeed.

Sanchez said she almost didn’t make it into Davies after not doing well on the school’s entrance exam, and in fact needed the help of one of her middle school teachers, John Shilko, who advocated for her to get into the school.

“I remember him saying, “You are a good person, a great student…a hard work-er… I needed to do some-thing… and I know that you will do great at Davies,” she said.

“If only he can see me now, standing here. He saw poten-tial in me and I will always be grateful,” Sanchez said.

Even with such backing for her abilities, Sanchez said she had experienced failures during her high school years just as her classmates have.

“I learned that failure should not deter my deter-mination to excel…..Each failure motivated me to work harder,” Sanchez said.

“We may have sometimes found ourselves aiming for perfection and fearing defeat. But if failure is unavoidable... why worry about it? Failure is good for you,” she said.

“You won’t find great suc-cess unless you’re willing to accept failure. Risk it. Take a chance. If you fail, try again,” Sanchez, a member of the National Honor Society, the National Technical School Honor Society and the Rhode Island Honor Society, told her classmates.

“Whenever I would get stressed or nervous about something, my family would always provide me with some reassurance, saying that if I had tried my best that that was all I could do,” Sanchez said.

“At that moment, this little bit of inspiration never eased my anxiety, but as I reflect on it now, I see the truth in it,” she said.

“We cannot change our failures of the past, and we cannot control what happens

in the future…... we can only control how hard we work at the moment. Work hard and fail. Work harder and you will find your way,” Sanchez said. “I failed and look where I’m standing now. Imagine your future,” the salutatorian said.

Sanchez, who participat-ed in Davies’ college class opportunities at the Commu-nity College of Rhode Island during her senior year, will be attending Rhode Island Col-lege in the fall to study biolo-gy for a pre-med degree.

After being introduced at graduation by Davies Director Adam Flynn-Tabloff, Class Valedictorian Julianna De-sautel told her peers her life thus far has revolved around four things, “school, sports, family and friends,” things she has also been focused on while attending Davies and achieving recognition in the National, National Techni-cal School, and Rhode Island

honor societies. “Each year here has had its

unique challenges that helped my fellow graduates and I grow into the people we are today,” Desautel said.

“Davies has offered me a high school experience un-like any other by allowing me to explore different fields my freshman year where I end-ed up falling in love with the pre-engineering shop,” De-sautel said.

“I believe that if it wasn’t for Davies I probably wouldn’t be majoring in engineering next year,” Desautel, who is heading to Wentworth Insti-tute of Technology in Boston to study bio-mechanical engi-neering, told her listeners.

“These shops have been a tremendous help to all of us because I’m sure many of you graduating here tonight had no idea what you wanted to be in the future before you came to Davies,” she said.

“My sophomore year I continued to grow with the help, guidance, and encour-agement of many wonderful staff, teachers and coaches,” Desautel said.

“Some advice one of my coaches said was “Never say I can’t”! So As long as you be-lieve in yourself, We all can do anything we put our minds to!” Desautel said.

Desautel also worked at Astro Nova for her work-based learning time, took part in the Engineering Olympics, and competed in the Skills USA program.

“Each of these experienc-es helped solidify my major choice and boost my resume as I’m sure it did with my fel-low graduates,” she said.

During her senior year, Desautel had to push her self even more while balancing her school work with play on the school’s soccer, basketball and softball teams, spending

time with her family and even figuring out calculus.

“We as a class have worked very hard this year as I know many of you also have a lot on your plate, and I’m proud of every one of you,” Desautel said.

Desautel said she learned a few other things along the way that she believes to be helpful and told her classmates “being great means asking for help when you need it and if your down pick yourself up, dust yourself off and keep going regardless of what your haters might say.”

As she closed, Desautel told the Class of 2019 they should “follow your dreams, big and small, and never for-get to keep exploring, grow-ing, focusing, and pushing like I did during my time here at Davies, and in the words of Nike, “just do it.”

Victoria Carrion, class of-ficer, also encouraged her

peers to rely on their work at Davies as they move on to new challenges. “We need to look ahead to our next goals in life,” she said while assuring her classmates they will sure-ly reach them just as they have their goals at Davies.

As the Class of 2019 read-ied to receive their diplomas, Flynn-Tabloff referenced the former First Lady’s book, “Becoming Michelle Obama,” and a question she raised in it, “who am I becoming.”

That question is different than the traditional “What do you want to be when you grow up,” most people hear inevitably during the course of their lives, he offered, in that in implies a person is still growing and becoming even as they ponder it.

“I’m 38 and I still don’t feel that I am grown up,” Fly-nn-Tabloff said. “Our stories, they are still being written and you are always so much more than you do,” he offered.

As a word of parting ad-vice, Flynn-Tabloff told the Class of 2019 to keep asking them selves Michelle Obama’s question from time to time “who am I becoming,” as they weigh if they like their lives and whether they were able to make the world a better place than they had found it.

“I hope all of you are going to be proud of your answers,” he said.

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Jonathan D. AlvesSamantha Amegashie-Baako†^●

Jarvina S. AndersonTristan S. Anderson *Claudia T. Araujo ●*Santiago M. Armas ●Lynn M. ArmstrongJocelyn N. Aroche ●

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Aryanna L. BritoOswald R. Burgos †^●*

Christopher J. CabralCassandro Cano ̂ ●Jessica A. CarmonaZachary N. Carrier

Victoria G. Carrion †^●Michael Caucali

Justin W. CharelloBrayan L. ChavezAngela M. Chelton

Lizbeth A. Chinchilla ●Darrius I. Correa

Luz V. Correa †^●Keana L. Cosme

Taylor K. CoulombeEdgar R. Dalomba ̂ ●*Anastasia DeAngelisVicky D. DeBarrosCassidy A. DeMayo

Julianna M. Desautel V†^●*Marieliz Falu Iglesias †^●

Babacar L. FayeRyan Feliciano †^●*Ashley Fernandez ●#

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Emily-Rose FurtadoMartin Garcia ●Siarra L. Gardner

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Isaac GuevaraHector J. Guzman

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Jarrod R. HouleLiaynez Jimenez †^●

Tychan L. JohnsonEniola V. Kehinde ̂ ●*

Patrick A. KellyKathryn R. Klang

Maly LaGuerreDylan R. LaHue

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Geralyn D. MendallEstefani M. Mendez

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Jessica G. NassifNathalie S. Ortiz

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Mercedes M. Otero †^●Cameron N. ParrilloJessica A. PaterninaTatum S. Pelletier

Stephanie L. Pena^●John A. PenalozaJuliana S. Pereira

Kayla PerezLiliana Perez-Elias

Thalia S. Philippe †^●*Emily Plaza

David J. PodzonNicholas A. Quinn

Evelyn B. Quinones ̂ ●*George F. RamirezIan G. Ramirez ̂ ●*Miguel A. Ramirez

Noraimalee K. RamosBenjamin W. RemieresKamron A. Reynolds

Sergio A. RiveraMariah T. Rivers

Jasmine A. RodriguezSteven J. Rodriguez

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Luis A. SantosYesenia E. Santos †●*

Ashley SilvaSamuel C. Silverstein ●

Gianni T. SmithJonathan K. Soares ●*

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Ernest A. Brown photoDavies Math teacher Pat Genco, right, is mobbed by students as he congratulates them on their graduation and wishes them well before the start of the William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School’s Class of 2019 Commencement at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket Wednesday evening.