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FARMINGTON - At least 20 law enforcement officers including State Police pored over the site of a brutal January murder scene in Farmington today, some of them clad in protective masks and gloves as they executed a search warrant announced by the Attorney General's office.
Several canines assisted in the search at 979 Meaderboro Road, the former home of Dean Smoronk, where his girlfriend, Christine Sullivan, 48, along with Jenna Pellegrini, 32, of Barrington, were brutally stabbed to death on Jan. 27, according to court documents.
Smoronk is currently in a Virginia jail after his arrest during a traffic stop on Interstate 95 last month.
Police had already executed search warrants on the property shortly after the double killing, discovering both drugs, drug making equipment and about $14,000 in cash and equipment that has been seized by the state.
Today's search included some 16 separate law enforcement vehicle including several with Massachusetts plates. Areas of both the house and living quarters above a separate two-story garage were searched.
Assistant Attorney General Geoffrey Ward, the lead prosecutor in the case against accused murderer Timothy Verrill of Dover, said he could not comment on the search today except the murder case remains active and ongoing.
Smoronk, who discovered the bodies upon his return from Florida on Jan. 28, has not been implicated in the killings, however, he does have a record of drug involvement, including an arrest in South Carolina with his now-deceased girlfriend in 2014. That case has yet to go to trial.
Ward said returning to re-search a house involved in a major crime is not unusual. He also said he didn't know how long the present search would continue.
Media were initially prevented from taking any pictures, even from the street, due to the number of plainclothes law personnel on scene.
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