Sheffield Murder Suspect Inquired About A Ditch Before He Was Arrested

On June 2, Cole Bushnell of Sheffield was arraigned for the murder of Michael Moore of Connecticut. He is currently being held without bail and awaiting trial.

District Attorney Tim Shugrue was on the air with us on Wednesday to discuss the recent string of murders in Berkshire County with this case being one of them.

Bushnell knew the victim - and as far as a potential motive, Shugrue said that Bushnell was becoming increasingly paranoid that he (Moore) was stealing or keeping money from him.

During our sit down with Shugrue, we were informed on something we originally were not aware of - that Bushnell was possibly scoping out where to bury Moore's body.

According to the DA's press release, after Bushnell allegedly killed Moore, he had shown an acquaintance a body under a mattress in a greenhouse at Bushnell's residence. That witness got spooked by what they saw and eventually was able to leave the property by vehicle. They stopped at a car dealership in order to evade Bushnell who was following them.

Bushnell drove past the dealership, according to Shugrue, and that's when the acquaintance drove to the State Police barracks to alert them of the body in the greenhouse.

Somewhere in between these two incidents, Shugrue said that Bushnell had gone to see another acquaintance to inquire about a ditch.

"He had gone to another site where (Bushnell) was familiar with a construction crew who was digging a ditch and wanted to know if he could go back to the ditch later - after (Bushnell) left that site, that's when he heard from his mother who told him that she heard there were fire trucks on the way to the house, and I think he thought the house was on fire and of course it was not, it was just the police responding to the tragedy".

This investigation remains ongoing.