Mother on suicide watch after facing judge on charges that she killed her 4-year-old son
Tiffany Farrauto, 33, was charged with murder and risk of injury to a minor.
Farrauto’s arraignment on Monday was virtual, though she was at New London Superior Court.
Her public defender said Farrauto has serious mental health problems.
The suspect’s bond was set at $2 million.
‘When I asked her address this morning, she gave me a list of numbers followed by the claim that she lived in a squad car,” said Tim Gilman, prosecutor.
The office of the Chief Medical Examiner was scheduled to perform an autopsy on her 4-year-old son, identified as David Jasmin, on Monday.
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A New London woman charged with murder in connection to the death of her young son appeared virtually in court Monday and was ordered held on a $2 million bond.
In a statement released Monday evening, the Connecticut Department of Children and Families said she had recently asked for help and reported that she thought someone had hurt her son.
Tiffany Farrauto, 33, of 242 Nautilus Drive, Apt. 208, was arrested Sunday and charged with murder and risk of injury to a minor after her 4-year-old son was found dead in their apartment.
Police had not yet identified the boy, but Farrauto s mother, Cindy Steenson of Westerly, said at a candlelight vigil Monday evening that her grandson s name was David Jasmin.
A New London woman who is now accused of killing her 4-year-old son recently contacted the state Department of Children and Families, according to a statement.
Tiffany Farrauto New London CT woman murders, four year old boy, David Jasmin. Image via social media.
Tiffany Farrauto New London Connecticut woman admits strangling 4-year-old son, David Jasmin. No known motive. Mother remains held on $2 million bail and on suicide watch.
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strangling her 4-year-old son after the boy was found unresponsive at a
New London residence early Sunday morning.
Notice of the child’s death came after police responded to a call, circa, 6:27 a.m, about a woman hitting a parked vehicle with a bat in the
parking lotof a New London apartment building, New London Police said in a