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Connecticut boarding school's beloved principal flees campus to evade tax investigation agents; was found overdosing in Maine through his wife's tracker

Connecticut boarding school's beloved principal flees campus to evade tax investigation agents; was found overdosing in Maine through his wife's tracker

The head of a prestigious New England boarding school, who was among the region’s highest-paid private school leaders, has resigned after being found suffering an apparent overdose at his family’s lakeside home in Maine while authorities were investigating his finances. But this is just half of the story. Boston Globe reported that he vanished into thin air when officials descended on the campus and was found ODing near his family home in Maine through his wife's tracker.Charles Cahn III, who led Suffield Academy in Connecticut for 22 years, stepped down on November 8, days after details emerged about his disappearance from the school campus and the circumstances in which he was found.No one knew where the principal wasLaw enforcement agents came to Suffield Academy in Connecticut in connection with an IRS investigation. Cahn was not on the campus. For two days, his family members and colleagues did not hear from him. His wife used tracking software to locate his vehicle and it was found at the family's lake home in Maine. A deputy was sent to Maine. The deputy found Cahn in the middle of an overdose and transported him to a hospital.Agents came to the campus on October 21.

In brief

The head of a prestigious New England boarding school, who was among the region’s highest-paid private school leaders, has resigned after being found suffering an apparent overdose at his family’s lakeside home in Maine while authorities were investigating his finances. His wife used tracking software to locate his vehicle and it was found at the family's lake home in Maine.

This is the opening of the story, shared with credit to The Times of India — World. The rest of the report — with every detail — continues on the publisher’s website.

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