Photo by Scot Allyn/Register Citizen Staff, The back of the apartment that was the site of an apparent shooting in Simsbury. 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. Have a story idea or something on your mind you want to share? The lawyers initially asked for a 20-year reduction of his sentence, but scaled that back to five years. Authorities released a gut-wrenching video on Wednesday that shows a Connecticut man entering a police department lobby and confessing to a brutal murder. Leverett said he was shaking and crying, and that he fled the area, the documents said. Leverett was on probation after a conviction of child sex assault in Colorado in 2011. SIMSBURY, Conn. The shooting deaths of a man and woman in Simsbury on Sunday afternoon were ruled a murder-suicide. Police are still investigating the incidents that led up to the fatal double shooting that night. 335. "Officers from Avon and Simsbury assembled to make contact with the occupants of the apartment," Boulter wrote. Millan was a 54-year-old mother of two, and an insurance executive. "I never knew their names, but it seemed like they were working. Retracing the path of controversial Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe includes many stops in Connecticut. So its not only us, but the whole community has been affected by this.. He did not go to jail but was placed on probation and the sex offender registry, the Courant said. Leverett said he heard Milan say: Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, before she went quiet, records show. Then he confessed to us that he did it, she said in an interview on Wednesday. I used to see them pushing him in a stroller that looked like a truck. 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. Exclusive: Simsbury Police release new details in murder of MassMutual executive | fox61.com. Click Manage settings for more information and to manage your choices. Simsbury police confirmed Monday that a local man fatally shot his wife and then killed himself in their home Sunday evening. 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. He has health problems, including a condition that thickens his blood and makes him more susceptible to strokes, and heart disease. I think my hands were shaking at this point. Sign up for the FOX61 newsletters:Morning Forecast, Morning Headlines, Evening Headlines. He went to walk along the path near Iron Horse Boulevard in hopes of finding someone to talk with. William W. Leverett, 30, entered the . CT 06045 Phone: 800-237-3606 Email: service@ . A registered sex offender from Windsor Locks, CT - 27-year-old William Leverett is charged with murdering insurance executive Melissa Milan in Simsbury nearly 4 years ago. When officers forced their way into the apartment, they found Day and Wawrzyniak dead, and their child uninjured. 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. Simon and DeCaprio argued that their client was too drunk at the time to realize the effect of his statements to police. The Windsor Locks man charged with killing Simsbury mother Melissa Millan as she jogged down a busy trail in Simsbury in 2014 rejected a plea deal Tuesday that would have sent him to prison for 35 . He moved to Simsbury. The night of the killing, he was at a sex offenders support group meeting in Hartford. It was clear this was not an accidental shooting, Alexander said. Scot Allyn can be reached by e-mail at sallyn@registercitizen.com or by phone at 860-489-3121, Ext. Authorities continue to investigate what theyre classifying as a domestic violence shooting at a Weatogue home in Simsbury, Conn., on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. Jacobson wondered about the toddler's future. . We were just in shock and heartbroken, and we really couldnt believe it because we could never even imagine that he could do something like this., Mr. Trazinski added: After that, we said, Well, you know what you need to do. He said, Yeah, I know Ive got to turn myself in.. 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. I was just going with the flow, Downey said during a hearing to suppress his statements. The couple prayed with Mr. Leverett. Downey is a different man now, Simon told the judge. It was especially hard for them to hear that someone they knew could do this, Ms. Trazinski said. Court records showrf that Downeys blood-alcohol level was at least .15 percent, nearly twice than what is now considered legally drunk. The manner of death for her husband, 59-year-old Bernard Halligan Jr., was ruled a suicide. "They were unable to make contact with any occupants, but they heard the sound of a crying baby inside.". Then, last week, a man walked into his pastors home and confessed to the crime. Baldini agreed to reduce Downeys sentence by four years. SIMSBURY The deaths of a husband and wife on Sunday have been ruled a murder-suicide, officials said. "I just turned up the television.". No additional information was available. 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. Its not clear how that will impact his release date, which is now estimated to be February 2030. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. The man, William Winters Leverett, 27, of Windsor Locks, Conn., has been charged with murder. 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. A Connecticut Woman Was Killed While Jogging. William Leverett's attorneys entered a plea guilty bargain in Hartford Superior Court on. SIMSBURY The deaths of a husband and wife on Sunday have been ruled a murder-suicide, officials said. Her manager at the store, Bob Kyser, said she was "really well loved.". On November 20, 2014, Simsbury police responded to a report of a female pedestrian lying in the roadway on Iron Horse Boulevard shortly after 8 p.m. Day leaves behind her parents Jimmy and Joanie (Anasoulis) Day, of Canton, her brother, Jim and her sister, Stephanie. On September 19, 2018, Leverett walked into police headquarters and confessed to the crime in order to "rid himself of demons." This is a carousel. Police received the call at 5:22 p.m. and found an injured person,. Officers received a call about a reported shooting at a. According to the affidavit, Mr. Leverett told the police that when he came home from the therapy group, nobody was there, not even the dog, and he was lonely.. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Avon. Investigators returned to the site of the killing on a number of occasions to look for evidence, once calling in FBI experts to help with the search. He always looked happy and I never heard them argue. The arrest warrant detailed Leverett wrote confession letters the night of the murder. Nicholas Boulter. 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. 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. Leverett said he approached Milan around 8 p.m. in a darkened part of the trail, under a broken street light, and stabbed her in the chest, according to arrest records. Both lives were taken when Wawrzyniak pointed a gun at Day and pulled the trigger before turning the gun on himself at the couple's apartment at The Meadows complex in the Weatogue neighborhood of Simsbury. He can be reached atdstewart@fox61.com. HARTFORD, Conn. A man charged with the 2014 murder of a Simsbury mother has pleaded guilty, court documents show. Mr. Leverett went to the Suffield, Conn., apartment of Mike and Colette Trazinski, founders and co-pastors of a small church, on Sept. 19. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. At the time of the killing, Downey told police he was sitting on the floor cleaning the rifle when he dropped the gun and it discharged, killing Mitchell. I guess they pretty much kept to themselves. 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. "I'm here to turn myself in for the murder on Iron Horse Boulevard almost 4 years ago," he allegedly told police, according to the arrest warrant affidavit. That poor boy's going to have a terrible time. To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com. He was employed at a pest control business in East Granby, Michael's Carpenter Ant and Termite Services, at the time of his death. At one point, officers advised residents in the neighborhood to remain inside their homes. 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. 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. 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. 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. These types of incidents can happen anywhere.. 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.. 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. ', 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. Simsbury police investigating a shooting in, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Welcome to the new courant.com: Whats changed, FAQs and more, Simsbury police investigating a shooting in Weatogue, CT continues to prosecute some marijuana cases despite legalization, Madina Academy raises funds for Turkey, Syria earthquake relief, CT still borrowing to pay off debt, but some are pushing back, $122 million spending plan proposed for Simsbury, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Millan was a senior vice president at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. Millan was found dead along Iron Horse Boulevard on Nov. 20, 2014. She had gone out for a run the night before. (Simsbury Police Department) SIMSBURY, CT William Leverett, a suspect in the 2014 homicide of 54-year-old Simsbury mother Melissa Millan, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of. When Leverett came home on the day of the murder, he went for a walk to find "human contact" and someone to talk to, according to the court documents. William Leverett, a convicted sex offender, is accused of killing 54-year-old Melissa Millan in November 2014. Trazinski's wife and co-pastor, Colette Trazinksi, called Leverett "a faithful member of the church. The arrest and arraignment of the suspect brings renewed grief, heartache and the knowledge that justice can never be served for the senseless act that robbed us of Melissas beautiful presence, it said. After several days of conversations, Leverett was charged with her murder, police said. Leverett previously pleaded not guilty in connection with Millan's death in 2018. WILLIAM WINTERS LEVERETT was arrested in September 2018 and charged with murder in the November 2014 homicide of Melissa Millan in Simsbury. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Her homicide case went unsolved for nearly four years. The deadly domestic violence encounter happened shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday at the couples Woodleigh Place home in Weatogue. Mr. Leverett is expected to appear in court on Oct. 9. (Kassi Jackson / Hartford Courant) SIMSBURY . 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. ', 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 suspect had been arrested for sexual assault of a child in 2009 in Colorado and pleaded guilty in 2011, The Hartford Courant reported. Ms. Trazinski told Mr. Leverett that she remembered hearing reports of the crime. Deputy Police Chief Chris Davis said his department received a call around 5:20 p.m. for a reported shooting at a Woodleigh Place home in Weatogue. The jury discounted Downeys claim that the shooting was accidental. Leveretts arrest in 2018 brought closure to a case that had puzzled investigators for years. Simsbury police are investigating a shooting on Woodleigh Place in Weatogue. The Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence offers services and advocates 24/7 by visiting CTSafeConnect.org or calling or texting 888-774-2900. Leverett is being held on a $2 million bond. Simsbury police are investigating a shooting on Woodleigh Place in Weatogue. The Connecticut domestic violence hotline can be reached 24/7 at 888-774-2900, or 844-831-9200 for Spanish speakers. Where are Connecticut's most and least walkable areas? Friends may call at the Ahern Funeral Home, 111 Main Street, Route 4, Unionville on Tuesday, Sept. 25, from 11 a.m. 1 p.m. Funeral services will be held in the Ahern Funeral Home at 1 pm with the Rev. Steam Live on FIRE TV: Search FOX61 and click Get to download. Leverett allegedly said he "'was angry' and that his 'anger escalated rapidly,'" and he was "acting beyond his control," the documents said. Day was a 2006 graduate of Canton High School. A man charged with the 2014 murder of a Simsbury mother has pleaded guilty, court documents show. He appeared before Superior Court Judge Shelia M. Prats via a video link from the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield. A major police presence descended on the neighborhood. Leverett led police to then home in Windsor Locks, where he showed them two confession notes. Police have not yet provided an update in the investigation as of Tuesday. . 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 telephone messages around 7:30 p.m. Sunday said that those in the area should please remain inside your residences and await further information.. 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. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery in Collinsville. RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Police tailed Simsbury cold case murder suspect after confession. Leverett allegedly told police he threw the knife out of his car window on a side street, the documents said. Leverett told police he did not know Millan and had never seen her prior to the moment she jogged by him. 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. Leverett will be sentenced on May 3. 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. 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 . 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. 'Something happened' and the next thing he knew he had stabbed her in the chest with a knife he was carrying. Records from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation show that Mr. Leverett was convicted of sexually assaulting a child in 2009, when he lived in Colorado. 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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. Leverett returns to court on Oct. 9, according to the Courant. In December 1994, a Hartford Superior Court jury took a little more than two days to convict Downey, then 38, of murder in the death of Mitchell, who was 39, on March 29, 1992. 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. Mr. Leverett went to the Simsbury Police Department that night and was interviewed by the police for more than four hours. Doug Stewart is a digital content producer at FOX61 News. 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. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Neighbors at The Meadows apartment complex where the couple lived for approximately 18 months remember a quiet couple whom they often saw spending time with their son. 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. Two people have died. He was arraigned Monday, but the results were not clear. Downey, his hair thinned and cut close, still towers over his lawyers. She also cautioned him that with his rejection Tuesday the deal is permanently withdrawn. a Hartford Superior Court jury took a little more than two days to convict Downey . 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. Patty Snediker stands for a portrait outside of her sister's Simsbury home on Oct. 23, 2019. SIMSBURY, CT Two people are dead following a domestic violence shooting in Simsbury on Sunday night, according to police. Wawrzyniak, devastated by her family's loss, said she was not ready to speak about the tragedy. No next court date was scheduled Tuesday. Posted Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 8:33 pm ET. On the night of Sept. 19, the parents of Elizabeth Day, 24, and Michael Wawrzyniak, 25, received a devastating call from police. Day and Wawrzyniak knew each other from attending Canton High School together, according to Day's mother, who lives in Canton. Yes, I do, your honor, Leverett responded. He stated that he wanted to go for a walk along the path near Iron Horse Boulevard in hopes of finding someone to talk with, the affidavit continued. Information about your device and internet connection, like your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Yahoo websites and apps. Email us atnewsteam@fox61.com. At 8:15 p.m., police posted on Facebook that the suspect had. Prats said it is unclear when his case will go before a jury because trials have been placed on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic. "I'll never get over this," said Day's mother. 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. Its a very safe community, Davis said on Sunday. Leverett previously told police that on the night of Millan's death, he returned home from a sex offenders therapy group and felt lonely. According to a police affidavit, he told the authorities that he had spotted the woman while she was jogging and was attracted to her, but went into a frenzy as he approached her, and then stabbed her. He was arrested several days later after police investigated his confession. 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. 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. "They were so young, and I just saw them the other day with their baby," Peterson said. I never heard him cry.". 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. 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 double fatal shooting ruled a murder-suicide 00:00 00:00 An unknown error has occurred The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Linda Halligan's death a homicide from. Police found those notes and that same day Leverett led investigators to a barn where he threw a bloody glove. Id like to see him released alive, Simon said. 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. I was drunk.. Bernard Halligan, Jr.'s death was ruled a s. At the police station, he opened up to investigators about how the victim was "way out of my league," said his "anger escalated," and "the next thing he knew he had stabbed her in the chest," according to document. Beth Day and Michael Wawrzyniak, who lived at the Meadows Apartments, 71 Hopmeadow St . 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. William Leverett, a convicted sex offender,. William Leverett was accompanied by three . William Leverette, a convicted sex offender, walked into Simsbury CT police department and confessed to killing Melissa Millan in 2014. 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. He is being held with bail set at $2 million. 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. Their 18-month-old son was found by officers unharmed, according to Simsbury Police Capt. SIMSBURY A teen escaped a home where police say two people died in a domestic violence shooting on Sunday. Leverett claimed that he only wanted a chance to speak with her, it continued, but that something happened and the next thing he knew he had stabbed her in the chest with a knife he was carrying.. "I was sitting in my living room, watching baseball on television, when I heard the voices," she said. 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. HARTFORD, CT A convicted felon from Windsor currently out of prison on probation has been charged with the murder of two men on Albany Avenue in . Leverett allegedly told police that when he spotted Millan, whom he did not know, he was attracted to her "physical features," the document said. Downey testified that he could not remember what happened the night of the shooting, Alexander said. 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. It was the nature of the injury and the nature of the weapon involved.. He cooperated as officials investigated his claims. The calls were made through the CT Alert system. UConn men rout DePaul 88-59 in final home game, These are the links mentioned on FOX61 News, WEATHER WATCH: Friday night into Saturday morning wintry mix, Connecticut residents hit the slopes after heavy snowfall, Suspect in 2014 Simsbury murder pleads not guilty, EXCLUSIVE: Police tailed Simsbury cold case murder suspect after confession. Milan and Leverett had never met before the violent encounter, according to police. pointed a gun at Day and pulled the trigger, reported that Dominik's father was still active in his life. Investigating officers eventually found 59-year-old Bernard Halligan Jr. dead in the garage of the home, Davis said. Wendell Taylor officiating. 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