CHIEF ED TISCHLER CONFIRMED IN A BRIEF PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE POLICE STATION THIS MORNING THE NAME OF THE DECEASED AS 12-YEAR-OLD GARRET PHILLIPS. POLICE HAVE BEEN SEEN CONGREGATED AROUND A SCENE AT NORTH COUNTRY MANOR APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE 100-BLOCK OF MARKET STREET. TISCHLER DID NOT CONFIRM THE LOCATION OF THE HOMICIDE; HE SAYS POLICE GOT THE CALL AT 5:10 MONDAY AFTERNOON. TISCHLER SAID NO SUSPECT WAS IN CUSTODY AT THE TIME OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NICOLE DUVE ACCOMPANIED TISCHLER DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE, BUT DID NOT SPEAK. POTSDAM SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT PAT BRADY WAS AT THE POLICE STATION BEFORE THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE CIRCULATED BY INTERNET BLOGGING IN REGARDS TO THE MANNER OF PHILLIPS'S DEATH THAT WE HAVE ALSO REPORTED ON; WE WILL DESIST FROM RELAYING SUCH PENDING CONFIRMATION FROM POLICE AND REGRET IF ERRORS WERE MADE