Portuguese Graduate Student Claudio Valente Dies by Suicide After Week-Long Police Hunt Following Brown Campus Violence
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Authorities discovered 48-year-old Claudio Valente's body inside a Salem, New Hampshire storage unit, concluding an intensive search that gripped the Providence university community. The Portuguese national and Brown graduate student was located with weapons and materials linking him to the campus incident, as well as potential connections to an MIT faculty member's death earlier this week.
**Manhunt Ends as Brown University Incident Suspect Dies by Suicide in New Hampshire**
A five-day search that gripped the Brown University campus and surrounding communities has concluded with tragic finality. Law enforcement officials confirm that Claudio Valente, the 48-year-old Portuguese national sought in connection with the campus incident, was discovered deceased at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire.
According to multiple sources, the graduate student was found with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators recovered two firearms and evidence linking him to the crime scene, officials reported. The discovery brings closure to an intensive manhunt that had kept the Providence area on high alert.
Authorities indicate Valente may have been connected to another recent tragedy - the killing of an MIT professor earlier this week. Senior law enforcement officials tell NBC News the suspect had apparently been deceased for some time when discovered.
The incident forced Brown University to implement security measures while police conducted their search across state lines. A news conference is expected to provide additional details about the investigation's conclusion.