HARTFORD, Conn. A man charged with the 2014 murder of a Simsbury mother has pleaded guilty, court documents show. By clicking Accept all you agree that Yahoo and our partners will process your personal information, and use technologies such as cookies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights, and product development. The case broke on Sept. 19, 2018, when Leverett, a registered sex offender working as an assistant manager at Fresh Market in Avon, went to the Simsbury Police Department to confess to the killing, arrest records show. The Connecticut domestic violence hotline can be reached 24/7 at 888-774-2900, or 844-831-9200 for Spanish speakers. RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Police tailed Simsbury cold case murder suspect after confession. James Gill, the state's chief medical examiner, on Tuesday said 57-year-old Linda Halligan's death was ruled a homicide. In an interview with investigators, Leverett said he went to the trail that night looking for human contact after attending a meeting for sex offenders in Hartford. Leverett returns to court on Oct. 9, according to the Courant. Photo by Scot Allyn/Register Citizen Staff, The back of the apartment that was the site of an apparent shooting in Simsbury. Leverett rejected the deal during a court hearing. Tara O'Neill was formerly a breaking news reporter with Hearst Connecticut Media Group. Milan and Leverett had never met before the violent encounter, according to police. SIMSBURY A teen escaped a home where police say two people died in a domestic violence shooting on Sunday. Visit us online at www.foothillsmediagroup.com, or on facebook.com/foothillsmediagroup. "It's unbelievably hard. Downey testified that he could not remember what happened the night of the shooting, Alexander said. SIMSBURY, CT William Leverett, a suspect in the 2014 homicide of 54-year-old Simsbury mother Melissa Millan, has pleaded guilty to her murder, court records show. William Leverett will be sentenced to prison in May for the death of Melissa Millan. Millan was a 54-year-old mother of two, and an insurance executive. Last week, investigators found Mr. Leveretts handwritten letters from 2014 which referred to a serious crime, but not a murder specifically and the glove in the barn, which was entered as evidence, the authorities said. Leverett pleaded. We want to hear from you! Melchiorre told the judge that a three-year sentence reduction was appropriate, given Downeys efforts to better himself in prison and the fact the conviction for murder was his first crime. He will be sentenced on May 3, his public defender said. The investigation is active and information will be provided when possible, police said. James Gill, the states chief medical examiner, on Tuesday said 57-year-old Linda Halligans death was ruled a homicide. Although a story that appeared in The Hartford Courant reported that Dominik's father was still active in his life, Wawrzyniak's mother, Mary, said Michael was in fact the boy's father. The killing of Melissa Millan in 2014 shocked the town of Simsbury, Conn. An insurance executive and mother of two, Ms. Millan, 54, was stabbed while jogging and was found bloodied on a boulevard. To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com. The judge told Downey that he has used his time in prison wisely, but at the same time she said she could not overlook that he took a life. The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Linda Halligan's death a homicide from gunshot wounds. Leverett allegedly told police that when he spotted Millan, whom he did not know, he was attracted to her "physical features," the document said. These types of incidents can happen anywhere.. William Leverett's attorneys entered a plea guilty bargain in Hartford Superior Court on. (Kassi Jackson / Hartford Courant) SIMSBURY . He also said that he had washed the blood from his clothes and tried to toss a pair of gloves into the rafters of a barn. Leverett told police that the day of the murder he was at a sex offender's therapy group in Hartford, according to the arrest warrant affidavit. Leverett previously pleaded not guilty in connection with Millan's death in 2018. The lawyers initially asked for a 20-year reduction of his sentence, but scaled that back to five years. 335. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/nyregion/confess-cold-case-murder-connecticut-jogger.html. The judge allowed his statements to be admitted as evidence. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, which was posted online by Fox 61, a local news outlet, Mr. Leverett told the police that on the night of the murder, he had come from a sex offenders therapy group. Beth Day and Michael Wawrzyniak, who lived at the Meadows Apartments, 71 Hopmeadow St., were found by Simsbury Police, shot to death in their home Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 8:25 p.m., moments after a dispatcher heard gunshots during a 911 call from Day. "We knew what we had to do. "I never knew their names, but it seemed like they were working. Bernard Halligan, Jr.'s death was ruled a s. He had been held on a $2 million bond. But Assistant States Attorney Joan Alexander argued that Downey, an expert marksman and gun enthusiast, indicated immediately after the shooting that he wanted to cooperate with police and never said he was too drunk to answer questions. Mark Downey, convicted of a Simsbury murder in 1992, had four years shaved off his 50-year sentence Tuesday. Simsbury apparent murder-suicide kills 2, police investigating, Serious crash closes CT stretch of I-95 South, state police say, Suspect in 2021 fatal shooting arrested, Hamden police say, Police tape blocks off the door of an apparent shooting in Canton. In the 911 call, Day was telling the dispatcher her boyfriend was holding a gun at her, threatening to shoot her and himself, according to a press release. William Winters Leverett, 29, has been incarcerated on $2 million bail since his arrest in 2018 for murder. Leveretts arrest in 2018 brought closure to a case that had puzzled investigators for years. He is being held with bail set at $2 million. Deputy Police Chief Chris Davis said his department received a 911 call from an 18-year-old woman, who was identified as a family member from inside that residence, who witnessed the shooting and fled the home, running to a neighbor to call police. "It's very sad. The Windsor Locks man charged with killing Simsbury mother Melissa Millan as she jogged down a busy trail in town in 2014 rejected a plea deal Tuesday that would have sent him to prison for 35 years. Id like to see him released alive, Simon said. RELATED: Fatal double shooting in Simsbury ruled a murder-suicide In a press briefing just after 8:30 p.m., Boisvert said Faison and Underwood seemed to have died of gunshot wounds. When officers forced their way into the apartment, they found Day and Wawrzyniak dead, and their child uninjured. The man accused of fatally stabbing an insurance company executive while she was running on a trail in Simsbury pleaded guilty to murder on Tuesday. "Officers from Avon and Simsbury assembled to make contact with the occupants of the apartment," Boulter wrote. Find out more about how we use your information in our privacy policy and cookie policy. 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', Second winter storm could hit parts of CT Friday, National Weather Service says, 'Saturday Night Live' skit with Woody Harrelson takes place at Naval Submarine Base New London, Los Charros Cantina closes in Essex, will relocate to Branford, CT girls basketball top performers (Feb. 28), 5 CT companies hiring for 100 or more positions, CT DOT faces criticism following overnight tree-cutting: 'Who'd you notify before you went and cut it? The two public defenders who represented Downey at his trial before Judge Stuart Schimelman were at his side again Tuesday, a bit grayer, but no less committed to standing up for their client. The jury discounted Downeys claim that the shooting was accidental. The killing of Melissa Millan in 2014 shocked the town of Simsbury, Conn. An insurance executive and mother of two, Ms. Millan, 54, was stabbed while jogging and was found bloodied on a. Nicholas Rondinone can be reached at nrondinone@courant.com. "It was here until about 5 a.m.," she said. "I just turned up the television.". At the start of the trial, the defense asked the court to ignore Downeys statements to police that the shooting was accidental because they obviously conflicted with the forensic evidence. Piri, who now lives in Naples, Florida, is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the Nov. 1, 2019 fatal shooting, Vermont State Police said. Then he asked them if they remembered the story of Ms. Millan, who was found on Iron Horse Boulevard in Simsbury with a single stab wound in her chest around 8 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2014, and later pronounced dead at a hospital. He has health problems, including a condition that thickens his blood and makes him more susceptible to strokes, and heart disease. Court records showrf that Downeys blood-alcohol level was at least .15 percent, nearly twice than what is now considered legally drunk. Mr. Leverett went to the Simsbury Police Department that night and was interviewed by the police for more than four hours. M. Fred Decaprio and Ken Simon first thanked prosecutor Vicki Melchiorre for agreeing to consider their request for a sentence modification, then made their argument to Baldini. 00:02 04:00. Elizabeth, or "Beth" as she was known by those close to her, is remembered as a loving mother of her 14-month-old son Dominik, a talented student, and a valued employee at Ocean State Job Lot where she worked for six years, according to her obituary. Davis said responding officers found Linda Halligan and carried her to an ambulance and rushed to St. Francis Hospital, where she died. Since his arrest and subsequent conviction for the killing of Cynthia Mitchell 26 years ago, Mark Downey has been a model prisoner and turned his life around, his lawyers told a Hartford judge on Tuesday. Trazinski said he and two other parishioners went with Leverett -- a church member since March 2015 -- to the Simsbury Police Department to turn himself in. Karen Jacobson, who lives across the walkway from the apartment the couple shared with their son, said she heard raised voices after 8 p.m., but no shots. The former Windsor Locks man who rejected a plea bargain this week in the murder of a female jogger on a Simsbury Greenway path in 2014 won't . Downey is a different man now, Simon told the judge. Downey, his hair thinned and cut close, still towers over his lawyers. Two people have died. Nearly four years ago, Melissa Millan, a mother of two, was brutally murdered in Connecticut while she was out on a jog. The night of the killing, he was at a sex offenders support group meeting in Hartford. Ms. Trazinski told Mr. Leverett that she remembered hearing reports of the crime. Then he confessed to us that he did it, she said in an interview on Wednesday. At 8:15 p.m., police posted on Facebook that the suspect had been located and there is no threat to community. Gill said they each died from a gunshot wound. William Leveretts attorneys entered a plea guilty bargain in Hartford Superior Court on Tuesday for the murder of Melissa Millan. Posted Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 8:33 pm ET. A Connecticut Woman Was Killed While Jogging. I was in shock. Mr. Leverett told the police that on the night of the murder, he had written letters confessing to the crime, though he never sent them. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Officers were called to the scene late Sunday afternoon. Private immediate family plus Michaels close friends may call at the Vincent Funeral Home, 120 Albany Turnpike in Canton on Tuesday, Sept. 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial 11 a.m. at St. Patricks Church in Collinsville. Residents received two automatic telephone calls from the police that said officers were investigating in the area of Woodleigh Place and Stillwood Chase, a residential neighborhood where homes often have more than one acre of property and cost in the range of $700,000. Millan was a senior vice president at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. Millan was found dead along Iron Horse Boulevard on Nov. 20, 2014. Ken Peterson, a neighbor who has lived at the Meadows Apartments for about a year, said he had seen the couple with their baby just a few days before the shooting. The man accused of fatally stabbing an insurance company executive while she was running on a trail in Simsbury pleaded guilty to murder on Tuesday. Leverett previously told police that on the night of Millan's death, he returned home from a sex offenders therapy group and felt lonely. In the wake of a tragic murder-suicide in Simsbury last week, family and friends are mourning the loss of a young couple whose lives ended abruptly. Leverett is being held on a $2 million bond. Baldini agreed to reduce Downeys sentence by four years. Police have not yet provided an update in the investigation as of Tuesday. He was employed at a pest control business in East Granby, Michael's Carpenter Ant and Termite Services, at the time of his death. Dominik is currently in the custody of Day's mother, Joan Day of Canton. RELATED: Suspect in 2014 Simsbury murder pleads not guilty. Snediker's sister, Karen Graham, died in her home in June. Yes, I do, your honor, Leverett responded. Co-workers at Day's job remember her as friendly and a good worker. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Leverett was on probation after a conviction of child sex assault in Colorado in 2011. She also leaves her grandfather, Buddy Day of Canton and Tina and Sal Difabio of New Hartford. Davis classified the incident as a domestic violence shooting. "I'll never get over this," said Day's mother. SIMSBURY, Conn. (WTNH) - The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the double shooting that left a husband and wife dead a murder-suicide. Leverett allegedly said he "'was angry' and that his 'anger escalated rapidly,'" and he was "acting beyond his control," the documents said. ', West Haven mayor under fire after city is left without a finance director at start of budget season, Wallingford BOE votes to consolidate Sheehan, Lyman Hall high schools into one building, The Best Private High Schools near New Haven, Guide to Legal Cannabis Dispensaries in CT, The Best Private Preschools Near New Haven. Stream Live on ROKU:Add the channel from the ROKU store or by searching FOX61. Piri was arrested on Dec. 16 on a warrant, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 860-658-3145. HARTFORD A former Windsor Locks, Connecticut, man pleaded guilty this week to murdering a MassMutual executive who was jogging on a Simsbury trail in 2014. At one point, officers advised residents in the neighborhood to remain inside their homes. It was clear this was not an accidental shooting, Alexander said. Little was said publicly about the killing in the years after Milans death, but police and town officials had once offered a $40,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer. Leverett was ordered held on $2 million bond at his initial appearance Monday in Enfield Superior Court on a murder charge in the November 2014 death of 54-year-old Melissa Millan, a senior vice . The calls were made through the CT Alert system. At 8:15 p.m., police posted on Facebook that the suspect had. "They were unable to make contact with any occupants, but they heard the sound of a crying baby inside.". CT considers exonerating people convicted of witchcraft in 1600s, Connecticut could soon have a state food, pet and candy, CT-based company discloses potential foreign bribery violations. SIMSBURY -- A young Simsbury couple died Wednesday evening, the apparent victims of a murder-suicide. The first Simsbury Police officer arrived at the apartment within 30 seconds of being dispatched. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. He did not know her but was attracted to her physical features and decided to park his car and approach her, the affidavit said. Clad in a yellow jumpsuit, Leverett offered short answers to Prats questions about the deal, which Supervisory Assistant States Attorney Vicki Melchiorre said included 10 years of special parole after the 35-year prison term. He went to walk along the path near Iron Horse Boulevard in hopes of finding someone to talk with. According to the affidavit, he allegedly claimed he just wanted to speak to Millan but then "'something happened' and the next thing he knew he had stabbed her in the chest with a knife he was carrying," the documents said. He appeared before Superior Court Judge Shelia M. Prats via a video link from the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield. Exclusive: Simsbury Police release new details in murder of MassMutual executive | fox61.com. "We were stunned," the church's pastor, Michael Trazinski, said Monday. But forensic evidence showed that the bullet entered Mitchells body on a downward trajectory, through the shoulder, tearing her heart and lungs. He came home, felt lonely, went for a drive, spotted Millan jogging and said he got mentally aroused by her physical features before realizing she was, way out of my league., He got angry purposely ran into Millan took out a knife and plunged it into her chest as Millan fell back saying Oh my God.. Trending Watch 24/7 NBC CT Weather Blog 70 Years of NBC Connecticut NBC CT's The Connection CT Live . Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? "I never met them, so I didn't know their names. William Leverette, a convicted sex offender, walked into Simsbury CT police department and confessed to killing Melissa Millan in 2014. Their 18-month-old son was found by officers unharmed, according to Simsbury Police Capt. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Monday that Linda. a Hartford Superior Court jury took a little more than two days to convict Downey . The evidence also showed that there was no possibility of ricochet and that the gun was fired about a foot away from Mitchell. On the night of Sept. 19, the parents of. Although he left the police station that night, police said they monitored Leverett from the time he initially confessed until his arrest on September 23. Wawrzyniak, devastated by her family's loss, said she was not ready to speak about the tragedy. He told investigators he went into a frenzy after seeing Millan and at that moment, decided to attack her with a knife he had in his vehicle, according to the arrest application. A major police presence descended on the neighborhood. Double-murder suicide in CT: PD/ Woman helps fuel restaurant biz/ Fire destroys garage/ $220K embezzlement case/ Bank access restricted. William Winters Leverett, left, appeared in court on Monday during his arraignment for the 2014 killing of Melissa Millan in Simsbury, Conn. Investigating officers eventually found 59-year-old Bernard Halligan Jr. dead in the garage of the home, Davis said. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery in Collinsville. On Monday, he was charged with murder. He then allegedly went back and got the knife a few days later and threw it out in a trash compactor. But I never heard them fight.". He always looked happy and I never heard them argue. Jacobson wondered about the toddler's future. I think my hands were shaking at this point. Police received the call at 5:22 p.m. and found an injured person,. The telephone messages around 7:30 p.m. Sunday said that those in the area should please remain inside your residences and await further information.. In a statement provided to The Hartford Courant, relatives of Ms. Millan called her a loving mother, a devoted daughter, a witty and compassionate sister, a loyal friend, an intelligent, successful businesswoman and mentor to many.. Nearly four years ago, Melissa Millan, a mother of two, was brutally murdered in Connecticut while she was out on a jog. He said he wiped the blood off the boots he wore that night and continued to wear them for several months before donating them to a Goodwill, the document said. Leverett will be sentenced on May 3. Downey, 61, has worked in a variety of jobs, taken advantage of every program the correction system offers, is remorseful, and has remained sober despite the availability of drugs and other substances in prison, his lawyers told Hartford Superior Court Judge Laura F. Baldini. DeCaprio cited Downeys remorse and his exemplary record in jail as reason for the judge to consider a reduction in the 50-year sentence he received in 1994. Its not clear how that will impact his release date, which is now estimated to be February 2030. Leverett said he was shaking and crying, and that he fled the area, the documents said. I was drunk.. SIMSBURY The deaths of a husband and wife on Sunday have been ruled a murder-suicide, officials said. A former Windsor Locks man pleaded guilty this week to murdering a female jogger on a Simsbury Greenway path in 2014 and faces a likely sentence of 35 years in prison, a prosecutor says. Simsbury's last shooting fatality was in 2001, according to Boulter. 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