It has been nearly four years since a 54-year-old mother-of-two was stabbed and left for dead while jogging along a wooded trail in Connecticut. For much of the interim, leads grew cold andthe case remained unsolved.
On Sunday, William Winters Leverett was charged with one count of murder. He was arraigned earlier Tuesday. His bond was set at $2 million.
Simsbury Police Department
On Nov. 20, 2014, Leverett said he decided to go for a walk in search of “human contact” after attending a therapy meeting for sex offenders. Leverett was aregistered sex offenderafter being convicted of sexually assaulting a child when he lived in Colorado in 2011.
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He allegedly said he followed her to an unlit area of the trail and allegedly stabbed her in the chest with a knife. “I went into a frenzy,” he allegedly told police.
During a press conference, a Simsbury police spokesman said Millan’s family would not be making a comment.
Meanwhile, Leverett’s grandparents Rennie and Sarah McQuilkin released a statement to PEOPLE.
“All we can think of right now is the pain and suffering the Millan family had to endure because of William Leverett’s heinous act. Our hearts go out to them. We feel their grief as if it were our own,” it stated. “Our shock and horror are overwhelming us at present, and we need some time to deal with our utter distress.”
Leverett is expected to appear in court on Oct. 9. He did not enter a plea during his first court appearance and it was unclear whether he had obtained a lawyer.
source: people.com
