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On June 18, 2026, Diana Tirado, 46, was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in Hartford, CT. The suspect, Chad J. Petipas, 46, barricaded himself in a Holyoke motel room leading to a standoff with …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: June 18, 2026
View DetailsPatrick King, 27, allegedly killed his girlfriend Felisha Ann Matthews, 31, and their two daughters, Mileena Matthews, 12, and Ava King, 4, in a murder-suicide at their home in Plainville, Connecticut on March 27, 2026. …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: March 27, 2026
View DetailsOn March 13, 2026, in Hebron, Connecticut, Diana Enamorado Perdomo, 44, was found dead from blunt-force trauma caused by a baseball or metal bat in her home. Gregorio Calihua-Mantiel, 44, her boyfriend/domestic partner, was also …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: March 13, 2026
View DetailsOn February 23, 2026, John Kevin Ezzell, 63, called 911 stating he intended to kill his terminally ill wife, Christine Marie Ezzell, 62, and then himself. Police responded to their home in Plainfield, Connecticut, and …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: Feb. 23, 2026
View DetailsStanley Mulvey, 67, was arraigned on charges of murder and interfering with police after allegedly stabbing his longtime girlfriend Megan Elizabeth McShane, 62, to death at their Stratford apartment. Mulvey called 911 on himself and …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Nov. 17, 2025
View DetailsJevon Tyrese Fletcher, 26, was charged with the murder of his 19-year-old girlfriend Hailey Alexandra Miller and his 2-year-old son Ta’naj Fletcher. The incident occurred at Miller's apartment in West Haven, Connecticut, where both victims …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 15, 2025
View DetailsLauren Smithfields, a 23-year-old woman from Bridgeport, Connecticut, was found dead in her apartment after a date with Matthew LaFontaine, whom she met on the dating app Bumble. The police ruled her death as an …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 12, 2021
View DetailsKevin Jiang, a 26-year-old Yale graduate student and U.S. Army National Guard second lieutenant, was fatally shot eight times near his fiancée Zion Perry's apartment in New Haven, Connecticut, on February 6, 2021. The shooter, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 6, 2021
View DetailsOn February 6, 2021, Kevin Jiang, a 26-year-old Yale graduate student and National Guard reservist, was shot multiple times and killed in New Haven, Connecticut, shortly after leaving the apartment of his fiancee, Zion Perry. …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 6, 2021
View DetailsIn early December 2019, Christine Holloway was found murdered in her locked apartment in Ansonia, Connecticut. Her 14-month-old daughter, Vanessa, was missing. Jose Morales, Christine's boyfriend and Vanessa's father, gave conflicting accounts about his whereabouts …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 1, 2019
View DetailsOn December 2, 2019, police officers conducting a welfare check at a residence in Ansonia, Connecticut, discovered 43-year-old Christine Holloway bludgeoned to death in her bathroom tub. Her 14-month-old daughter, Vanessa Morales, was missing. Suspicion …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Dec. 1, 2019
View DetailsOn December 23, 2015, Connie Dabate, aged 39, was found shot dead in the basement of her home in Allington, Connecticut. Her husband, Richard de Bate, was found tied up in the kitchen with superficial …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 23, 2015
View DetailsIn March 1994, 28-year-old Anson 'Buzz' Clinton was shot to death on a highway connector off Interstate 95 in Connecticut. Investigation revealed a hit-for-hire plot stemming from an intense family custody conflict over Clinton's stepdaughter, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: March 10, 1994
View DetailsPatricia Lynn Vanderkar (Lynn) and her nephew Ronald Howard King (Ronnie) were brutally murdered in their Middletown, Connecticut home on November 1, 1993. Lynn was in a same-sex relationship with Gina Kuchay, who had previously …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Nov. 1, 1993
View DetailsHell Crafts, a 39-year-old stewardess and mother of three, disappeared mysteriously in November 1986. Her husband, Richard Crafts, a pilot and auxiliary police officer, was suspected of murdering her after she discovered his long-term affair …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Nov. 19, 1986
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