Arrests made after American lawyer serving as Micronesia's assistant AG shot dead returning home fro

[TomSea]

Arrests made after American lawyer serving as Micronesia's assistant AG shot dead returning home from run
By Travis Fedschun | Fox News

Several suspects have reportedly been arrested in connection with the killing of an American working in the Pacific nation of Micronesia who was shot and killed earlier this month after coming home from a run.

Rachelle Bergeron, 33, originally from Wisconsin, was killed Oct. 14 after she pulled her vehicle into her driveway. Someone reportedly fired three shots, killing both Bergeron and her dog.

Yap Governor Henry S. Falan announced Monday that arrests have been made in connection with Bergeron's killing, but did not release specifics, such as the number of suspects in custody or the names of those arrested.

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Rachelle Bergeron, who was serving at the acting assistant attorney general of the state of Yap in Micronesia, was fatally shot on Oct. 14. (Yap State Government)

Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/american-lawyer-micronesia-killed-arrests

I wonder how she got that job? Anyway, very unfortunate. RIP.  I guess, these would be "American possessions"? I do see Guam,  part of it? This is outside my knowledge and Micronesia is not in the news too much. A few people from Guam are around. I guess, maybe they are a bit like Philippine people.

[PeteS in CA]

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia

The Federated States of Micronesia is an independent republic associated with the United States. It consists of four states – from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae – that are spread across the Western Pacific Ocean. Together, the states comprise around 607 islands (a combined land area of approximately 702 km2 or 271 sq mi) that cover a longitudinal distance of almost 2,700 km (1,678 mi) just north of the equator. They lie northeast of New Guinea, south of Guam and the Marianas, west of Nauru and the Marshall Islands, east of Palau and the Philippines, about 2,900 km (1,802 mi) north of eastern Australia and some 4,000 km (2,485 mi) southwest of the main islands of Hawaii.

Guam is a US Territory, much as Puerto Rico is (IIRC, both were acquired in the settling of the Spanish-American War).