A suspect has been arrested for the homicide of NBC Connecticut information anchor Heidi Voight’s mom.
The homicide of Claudia Voight, 73, passed off at her dwelling in Vermont on February 20.
Shawn Conlon, 44, of Rhode Island, was arrested for the killing by marshals, native police, and Rhode Island State Police at a Connecticut lodge on Wednesday.
Conlon was initially being tracked in Rhode Island, earlier than he traveled to Groton, Connecticut.
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Regulation enforcement officers initially believed she suffered from a medical occasion however later decided she died from neck compression that was detectable solely throughout an post-mortem.
In new particulars launched Wednesday, Vermont State Police mentioned Conlon rented a room in Claudia Voight’s dwelling and stopped paying hire in late 2022 however remained within the dwelling till allegedly attacking and killing her in February 2023. The explanation for the assault was not disclosed.
Heidi Voight appeared to reply to the information on Fb, writing merely, “HALLELUJAH.”
The anchor first publicly disclosed her mom’s reason behind dying in Fb publish in July, writing, “I’ve been carrying this painful secret: My mom’s dying was not pure, nor peaceable,” she wrote. “My mom was murdered, violently, within the place she ought to have felt most secure — her own residence in Windham, Vermont. … This has damaged me and altered me. However I’m my mom’s daughter, and I’ll come again stronger. I’ll combat for her.”
Conlon is being held on $1 million bail, pending extradition to Vermont. He has been charged with second-degree homicide.