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'I Strangled Him': CT Inmate Murdered Cellmate, Laid Body On Table, Police Said
Kyle McKinnon started his morning on Dec. 12, 2024, like hundreds of others at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution — with one major exception: He murdered his cellmate, police said.
The 31-year-old New London man climbed down from his top bunk, used the restroom, and washed his hands, but a nagging fact in the back of his mind made him change up his routine. That's when he turned to his cellmate, Kenneth Montaner Buscampeil — a 26-year-old serving a fourth-degree sexual assault conviction — wrapped his hands around the man's throat and choked him to death, a state police inv…
CT Mom, 2-Year-Old Stabbed To Death ID'd, Father Charged In Brutal Slaying
Days after a 19-year-old mom and a 2-year-old boy were found brutally slain inside their Connecticut home, the child's father was arrested and charged with their murders, police said.
Jevon Tyrese Fletcher, 26, of New Haven, was charged with two counts of murder, two counts of murder with exceptional circumstances, and risk of injury, West Haven police said Tuesday, Feb. 18. He was being held on a $3 million bond.
Original Report: Teen, 2-Year-Old Stabbed To Death In West Haven Apartment
Investigators identified the victims as Fletcher's 19-year-old girlfriend, Hailey Miller, and t…
Details Released In Cult Leader Arrest For Parent's, Border Agent’s Murders
A bizarre twist has emerged in the murders of a Pennsylvania couple and the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont, as suspects with ties to a cult-like group have been arrested.
Michelle Jacqueline Zajko, 32, of Media, Pennsylvania, Jack Amadeus LaSota, 34, of Berkeley, California, and Daniel Arthur Blank, 26, of Sacramento, California, were arrested in Allegany County, Maryland, according to the Maryland State Police in a statement released on Monday, Feb. 17.
The trio was taken into custody in the 10,000 block of Piney Mountain Road in Frostburg, Maryland at around 2:30 p.m. on…
Bloods Killer Hiding In Aunt's CT Apartment Arrested By Tactical Team, Police Say
A 19-year-old Bloods gangster wanted for an August murder in Yonkers, NY was tracked down and arrested inside a Stamford, CT apartment this week, authorities said.
Kelvin Mitchell was taken into custody at his aunt's apartment on Atlantic Street apartment following the execution of a search warrant on Wednesday, Feb. 5, Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin said.
Mitchell was wanted on a fully extraditable warrant for the killing of Daquan Glenn in Yonkers on Aug. 26, 2024, Conklin said. He faces charges of second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, second-degree assault, an…
Charges Upgraded For Thompson Man Accused Of Massachusetts Baseball Bat Slaying: DA
A grand jury has charged a 32-year-old man with murder following the discovery of a body in Worcester County, authorities said.
Ryan Wilcox, of Thompson, Connecticut, and Worcester, is now charged with murder, armed assault with intent to kill, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, and assault with a dangerous weapon, according to the Worcester County District Attorney's Office.
The body of 32-year-old Mitchell Burke was discovered in Hubbardston around 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4. Burke suffered "substantial trauma to the head" and multiple wounds to hi…
Son Killed Dad During Fight At CT Motel: Police
A Hartford man has been arrested and charged with murder following a deadly altercation inside a parked vehicle at a motel that left his father dead, officials said.
Raybin Hokim, 49, is accused of killing his father, Vincent Hokim, 78, of Middletown, just after 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, according to Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police Media Relations Unit.
Officers were dispatched to 100 Weston Street, the Travel Inn Motel, for a report of two males fighting inside a vehicle.
Upon arrival, the first responding officer located the vehicle and observed the suspect exiting. …
'A Sign From Kyle:' Mother's Hope Fuels Renewed Push For Justice In 12-Year CT Cold Case
Twelve years after 34-year-old Kyle Seidel was senselessly murdered in the parking lot of the Halftime Lounge and Bowling Alley in Waterford, his mother, Darlene, is keeping his memory alive—and her determination to see justice served stronger than ever.
Kyle was found on Dec. 21, 2012, with a single gunshot wound and rushed to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, police said. Despite years of relentless investigation by the Waterford Police Department, the State of Connecticut’s Office of the Chief State’s Attorney - Cold Case Unit, and other area agencies, the case remains…
