Authorities continue to investigate what theyre classifying as a domestic violence shooting at a Weatogue home in Simsbury, Conn., on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. Leverett was on probation after a conviction of child sex assault in Colorado in 2011. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Avon. "They were so young, and I just saw them the other day with their baby," Peterson said. 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. The arrest warrant detailed Leverett wrote confession letters the night of the murder. Millan was a 54-year-old mother of two, and an insurance executive. 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. Police are still investigating the incidents that led up to the fatal double shooting that night. So its not only us, but the whole community has been affected by this.. Double-murder suicide in CT: PD/ Woman helps fuel restaurant biz/ Fire destroys garage/ $220K embezzlement case/ Bank access restricted. 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 rejected the deal during a court hearing. These types of incidents can happen anywhere.. But investigators were stymied in their search for the killer, and the case only grew colder as the years passed. 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. Gill said they each died from a gunshot wound. At 8:15 p.m., police posted on Facebook that the suspect had. 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. Downey, his hair thinned and cut close, still towers over his lawyers. Retracing the path of controversial Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe includes many stops in Connecticut. I was drunk.. 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. She also cautioned him that with his rejection Tuesday the deal is permanently withdrawn. Wendell Taylor officiating. The body of Roberto Fonseca-Rivera, 44, of Boston, Massachusetts, was found behind the wheel of the Katsiroubas Produce truck he had . Police have not yet provided an update in the investigation as of Tuesday. He has health problems, including a condition that thickens his blood and makes him more susceptible to strokes, and heart disease. 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. One, he said, had gotten stuck there. He moved to Simsbury. Leverett, 27, of Windsor Locks, who is a registered sex offender, was charged with one count of murder. 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,. 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. The lawyers initially asked for a 20-year reduction of his sentence, but scaled that back to five years. Trazinski's wife and co-pastor, Colette Trazinksi, called Leverett "a faithful member of the church. We, Yahoo, are part of the Yahoo family of brands. "Officers from Avon and Simsbury assembled to make contact with the occupants of the apartment," Boulter wrote. 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. At 8:15 p.m., police posted on Facebook that the suspect had been located and there is no threat to community. A major police presence descended on the neighborhood. Visit us online at www.foothillsmediagroup.com, or on facebook.com/foothillsmediagroup. "We were stunned," the church's pastor, Michael Trazinski, said Monday. He will be sentenced on May 3, his public defender said. Christopher Keating is a reporter for the Hartford Courant. When officers forced their way into the apartment, they found Day and Wawrzyniak dead, and their child uninjured. He is remembered as a caring and compassionate person who loved the outdoors and spending time with his friends and family, according to his obituary. Patty Snediker stands for a portrait outside of her sister's Simsbury home on Oct. 23, 2019. Mr. Leverett went to the Suffield, Conn., apartment of Mike and Colette Trazinski, founders and co-pastors of a small church, on Sept. 19. It was especially hard for them to hear that someone they knew could do this, Ms. Trazinski said. SIMSBURY, Conn. The shooting deaths of a man and woman in Simsbury on Sunday afternoon were ruled a murder-suicide. The Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence offers services and advocates 24/7 by visiting CTSafeConnect.org or calling or texting 888-774-2900. SIMSBURY -- A young Simsbury couple died Wednesday evening, the apparent victims of a murder-suicide. You can change your choices at any time by visiting your privacy controls. Doug Stewart is a digital content producer at FOX61 News. Melissa Millan, 54, was stabbed to death while jogging in November 2014. Davis said responding officers found Linda Halligan and carried her to an ambulance and rushed to St. Francis Hospital, where she died. Judge Shaves Four Years Off Simsbury Mans, 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, Judge Shaves Four Years Off Simsbury Mans 50-Year Sentence For Murder, 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. 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. Day and Wawrzyniak knew each other from attending Canton High School together, according to Day's mother, who lives in Canton. ', 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? "I never met them, so I didn't know their names. 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. Both were. A Confession Came Four Years Later. Millan was found dead along Iron Horse Boulevard in Simsbury, about 11 miles northwest of. A man charged with the 2014 murder of a Simsbury mother has pleaded guilty, court documents show. Leverett pleaded. Leverett allegedly said "he began thinking about a possible interaction with her," but became "anxious, realizing that 'I (Leverett) can't have her' and that 'she's way out of my league," the documents said. 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. Leverett told police he did not know Millan and had never seen her prior to the moment she jogged by him. Beth Day and Michael Wawrzyniak, who lived at the Meadows Apartments, 71 Hopmeadow St . In October 2020, Leverett was offered a 35-year prison sentence and 10 years parole in a plea deal. "It's very sad. 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. The deadly domestic violence encounter happened shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday at the couples Woodleigh Place home in Weatogue. 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. 'Something happened' and the next thing he knew he had stabbed her in the chest with a knife he was carrying. Davis classified the incident as a domestic violence shooting. Trending Watch 24/7 NBC CT Weather Blog 70 Years of NBC Connecticut NBC CT's The Connection CT Live . Her homicide case went unsolved for nearly four years. Yes, I do, your honor, Leverett responded. The night of the killing, he was at a sex offenders support group meeting in Hartford. At the time of the crime, Simon said, Downey had a very serious alcohol problem, and to my mind thats why this crime happened.. The jury discounted Downeys claim that the shooting was accidental. I was in shock. I never heard him cry.". "I just turned up the television.". Nearly four years ago, Melissa Millan, a mother of two, was brutally murdered in Connecticut while she was out on a jog. DNA from the glove was analyzed and Leverett was arrested. 335. He can be reached atdstewart@fox61.com. Court records showrf that Downeys blood-alcohol level was at least .15 percent, nearly twice than what is now considered legally drunk. WILLIAM WINTERS LEVERETT was arrested in September 2018 and charged with murder in the November 2014 homicide of Melissa Millan in Simsbury. Photo by Scot Allyn/Register Citizen Staff, The back of the apartment that was the site of an apparent shooting in Simsbury. CT 06045 Phone: 800-237-3606 Email: service@ . 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 . 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. "We knew what we had to do. 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. William Winters Leverett, 29, has been incarcerated on $2 million bail since his arrest in 2018 for murder. It was the nature of the injury and the nature of the weapon involved.. 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. The Trazinskis, who said they met Mr. Leverett about four months after Ms. Millan was killed, said that church members were bewildered by his confession. At their urging, Leverett went to the police department to turn himself in. Its a very safe community, Davis said on Sunday. Dominik is currently in the custody of Day's mother, Joan Day of Canton. On the night of Sept. 19, the parents of Elizabeth Day, 24, and Michael Wawrzyniak, 25, received a devastating call from police. On Monday, he was charged with murder. Justice needed to be done.". He appeared before Superior Court Judge Shelia M. Prats via a video link from the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield. This is a carousel. Leverett said he heard Milan say: Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, before she went quiet, records show. 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.. SIMSBURY, CT Two people are dead following a domestic violence shooting in Simsbury on Sunday night, according to police. 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. William Leverett's attorneys entered a plea guilty bargain in Hartford Superior Court on. Tests showed it contained Milans DNA. Piri was arrested on Dec. 16 on a warrant, police said. 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. Police found those notes and that same day Leverett led investigators to a barn where he threw a bloody glove. 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.. 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. After confessing to the crime, he led investigators to a bloody glove hidden behind a wall on his grandparents Simsbury property, records show. The evidence also showed that there was no possibility of ricochet and that the gun was fired about a foot away from Mitchell. She also leaves her grandfather, Buddy Day of Canton and Tina and Sal Difabio of New Hartford. Co-workers at Day's job remember her as friendly and a good worker. He is scheduled to be sentenced on May 3. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. "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. He said he had blacked out, and when he realized what happened called 911 immediately, Alexander said. And he always seemed so happy.". 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. William Leverett was accompanied by three . 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. Leverett allegedly told police he threw the knife out of his car window on a side street, the documents said. William Leverett will be sentenced to prison in May for the death of Melissa Millan. SIMSBURY The deaths of a husband and wife on Sunday have been ruled a murder-suicide, officials said. Simon and DeCaprio argued that their client was too drunk at the time to realize the effect of his statements to police. Nicholas Rondinone can be reached at nrondinone@courant.com. 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. He was arraigned Monday, but the results were not clear. Police officers were dispatched to the scene, and the dipatcher then heard several gunshots, the report said. Then he confessed to us that he did it, she said in an interview on Wednesday. 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. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. "They were unable to make contact with any occupants, but they heard the sound of a crying baby inside.". "I never knew their names, but it seemed like they were working. 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. Ms. Trazinski told Mr. Leverett that she remembered hearing reports of the crime. Find out more about how we use your information in our privacy policy and cookie policy. The suspect had been arrested for sexual assault of a child in 2009 in Colorado and pleaded guilty in 2011, The Hartford Courant reported. 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. Scot Allyn can be reached by e-mail at sallyn@registercitizen.com or by phone at 860-489-3121, Ext. 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.. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? 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. 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. The couple prayed with Mr. Leverett. Wawrzyniak, devastated by her family's loss, said she was not ready to speak about the tragedy. Officers were called to the scene late Sunday afternoon. 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. (Kassi Jackson / Hartford Courant) SIMSBURY . He cooperated as officials investigated his claims. Mr. Leverett said that Ms. Millan fell onto the road and that he thought he heard her say, Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, before he drove off in his car, according to the affidavit. The crime went unsolved until last week, when a registered sex offender, William Leverett, walked into a church, Open Gate Ministries in Windsor Locks, and confessed. Officers received a call about a reported shooting at a. Email us atnewsteam@fox61.com. 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. And more importantly, should tuition go toward supporting bars around the XL Center? Day was a 2006 graduate of Canton High School. Leverett will be sentenced on May 3. The investigation is active and information will be provided when possible, police said. A Connecticut State Police crime lab truck pulled up about 11:25 p.m. on the walkway between her apartment and the one in which the couple was found, she said. A text alert was later sent out and said that there was no longer an emergency. Their relationship was not working out, and Beth was trying to move back home with us.". Investigating officers eventually found 59-year-old Bernard Halligan Jr. dead in the garage of the home, Davis said. HARTFORD, Conn. A man charged with the 2014 murder of a Simsbury mother has pleaded guilty, court documents show. Authorities released a gut-wrenching video on Wednesday that shows a Connecticut man entering a police department lobby and confessing to a brutal murder. The crime went unsolved until last week, when a registered sex offender, William Leverett, walked into a church, Open Gate Ministries in Windsor Locks, and confessed. We never would have expected this.". 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 . . Baldini agreed to reduce Downeys sentence by four years. . MURDER KILLER: William W. Leverett, now 30, formerly of Windsor Locks VICTIM: Melissa J. Millan, 54, of Simsbury, a senior vice president of MassMutual WHERE AND WHEN: Evening of Nov. 20, 2014. Very helpful. Have a story idea or something on your mind you want to share? We want to hear from you! 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.. The manner of death for her husband, 59-year-old Bernard Halligan Jr., was ruled a suicide. Officers were called to the scene late Sunday afternoon. He referred to Ms. Millan as way out of my league, the affidavit said, and became angry and went into a frenzy., Mr. The Connecticut domestic violence hotline can be reached 24/7 at 888-774-2900, or 844-831-9200 for Spanish speakers. 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. He was employed at a pest control business in East Granby, Michael's Carpenter Ant and Termite Services, at the time of his death. Prats told Leverett that with his rejection, the case will go to a jury trial, which exposes him to a sentence ranging from 25 years to life if he is found guilty. 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. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery in Collinsville. ', 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. Their 18-month-old son was found by officers unharmed, according to Simsbury Police Capt. 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