A primary suspect has been identified in the homicide investigation at a Newport hotel where an 85-year-old woman was found dead earlier this week.

According to Newport police, they were asked by Bristol police Monday morning to notify Terry Costello at Harbor Base Inn that her son, 66-year-old Bernard Costello, had died by suicide after jumping from the Mount Hope Bridge.

However, when officers arrived, they discovered Terry dead inside one of the rooms and immediately ruled her death suspicious. Police later observed she had upper-body stab wounds.

Based on evidence at the scene, police said Bernard Costello is their primary suspect, noting that the incident was isolated and they do not believe anyone else was involved.

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