1971 Shooting Suspect Lived In Fairfax

The Thursday Evening Edition of The St. Albans Messenger Associated Press Report stated:

Police claim to have solved 1971 shooting

Suspect lived in Fairfax

WINOOSKI, Vt. (AP) - Police have made an arrest in a 34-year-old murder case.
Kenneth Richard Bailey, 63, formerly of Burlington, will be arraigned Thursday for the death of Donald Richard Langlais of Winooski in 1971.

Bailey will be charged with entering Langlais' home, robbing and shooting him. Langlais died three years later from injuries suffered when he was shot.
A break in the case came in March of 2004, when Winooski police received an anonymous tip that Bailey shot Langlais in 1971. Bailey who lived in Fairfax, was arrested on a sexual assault charge and has been jailed in Kentucky ever since.

During the last 15 months, police located several key witnesses in the 34-year-old case.

The investigation led to an inmate being held in a federal prison out of state who was believed to be one of the two assailants.

Joseph Harris Dupaw, 61, formerly of Burlington, confessed his part in the homicide, police said.

According to police reports, two masked armed men entered the home of Langlais and his wife on West Lane in Winooski at 8:45 p.m. on Jan. 3,1971. One man stayed in the kitchen and the other entered the living where he shot Langlais.

The assailants then demanded money from the couple and their houseguest. They left with at least $85.

Langlais was shot in the abdomen and chest.

He died three years later from complications and disease attributed to the gunshot wound to his abdomen.