Patient and worker from care facility found dead at hotels

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - Authorities say the deaths of two people in separate Massachusetts towns appear to be related.

The Norwich District Attorney’s office says Tuesday the deaths of a woman in Norwood, and a man in Dedham are likely related.

The first was 41-year-old Jeffrey Goldstein of Dedham, found dead at the Holiday Inn in that town on Monday. Shortly after, 74-year-old Mary MacKinnon of Norwood was found dead in the Holiday Inn in that town.

The DA’s office says Goldstein was a resident at a residential care facility in Dedham called Venture Community Services. MacKinnon is employed there. They left the facility Monday morning to transport Goldstein to a medical appointment in a van. The office says MacKinnon appears to have taken her life. The state’s Chief Medical Examiner will conduct autopsies.