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Man Killed Girlfriend, Their Infant Days Before Setting Fatal 2024 Fire At CT Home: Police Man Killed Girlfriend, Their Infant Days Before Setting Fatal 2024 Fire At CT Home: Police
Man Killed Girlfriend, Their Infant Days Before Setting Fatal 2024 Fire At CT Home: Police A 19-year-old woman and her 9-month-old son died days before their bodies were found inside their home after it was set ablaze by the child's father, police announced.  Justin Varnado, 24, is believed to have killed Karizmah Johnson and baby Kylenn (Jasir) between two and seven days before the fire on April 17, 2024, at a multi-family home at 25 Geneva Ave. home in Wallingford, authorities said.  When police arrived at the fire, they found Justin Varnado walking out of the home covered in severe burns. Paramedics rushed him to an area hospital, but he died of h…

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by Josh Lanier
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Cause Of Death Determined For Woman Found Dead In Suitcase In Greenwich Cause Of Death Determined For Woman Found Dead In Suitcase In Greenwich
Cause Of Death Determined For Woman Found Dead In Suitcase In Greenwich The Connecticut state medical examiner released an official cause of death for a Westchester woman found dead in a red suitcase on the side of a road in Fairfield County in February. On Monday, May 6, the state medical examiner said the official cause of death for Valerie Reyes, 24, of New Rochelle, was "homicidal asphyxia," and the manner of death was a homicide. Reyes was found dead, bound and stuffed inside a suitcase in a wooded area of Greenwich on Tuesday, Feb. 5 by Greenwich public works employees. A 2012 graduate of New Rochelle High School, Reyes worked at Barnes & Noble in Ea…

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by Kathy Reakes