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Ewen Dewitt, 42, of Roxbury, has been charged with murder, risk of injury and reckless endangerment in connection the death of 40-year-old Julie Minogue, according to theMilford Police Department.Dewitt is also charged with violation of a protection order and restraining order, the latter of which was granted just five days before the killing, authorities said.
Police said the victim’s 3-year-old son was also inside the home during the alleged slaying, but was unharmed. Both children are in the care of family members.
Though Dewitt fled the scene before law enforcement arrived, a suspect matching his description was captured on Ring camera footage provided toFox61,which shows a man walking with an ax near the scene of the attack, the outlet reports.
Dewitt was eventually arrested in West Haven, but not before his mother informed police that she had received a call from him in which he claimed to have “killed his girlfriend,” according to court documents,News8reports.
Milford Police Department
“I don’t feel I should be subjected to this abuse any longer,” she allegedly wrote in the restraining order she was granted on Dec. 1, the outlet reports. According to police, he had sent several harassing text messages to Minogue in the days leading up to the filing.
However, this is not Dewitt’s first encounter with law enforcement.
Julie Minogue’s sister, Allison Barotti-Corcoran, said on aGoFundMethat the single mother “was a victim of domestic violence and had tried multiple times to keep her and her children safe.”
Now, Nicholas, Shaun and 3-year-old Luke, are left without a mother, someone who cared for them with “ease and love,” the fundraiser’s description reads.
Dewitt was arraigned at the Connecticut Superior Court in Milford on Dec. 7 and is being held on a $5,000,000 bond, authorities said. It’s not immediately clear if the suspect has entered a plea or retained an attorney to comment on his behalf.
source: people.com
