By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
Providence police are investigating the city's 13th homicide this year, the latest involving a man whose body was found in a car in the West End two days ago.
5 years ago today:
Norman Heflin, 19, slips from his handcuffs while on a prison bus and escapes custody for roughly 20 minutes until he is caught by the Providence police.
25 years ago today:
A fishing captain convicted of harvesting contaminated quahogs from New Bedford's outer harbor has become the first skipper in the state forced to forfeit his boat.