The former operation coordinator of the Greater Norwich Chamber of Commerce who embezzled nearly $55,000 avoided prison time at her sentencing on Wednesday.
NEW LONDON Nearly two years after signing a plea agreement with the state, 26-year-old Ruth Correa on Thursday stood in front of a New London Superior Court judge and pleaded guilty to three counts of felony murder in connection with the brutal 2017 deaths of members of a Griswold family.
As part of the agreement, signed in August, 2019, Correa will testify against her stepbrother, Sergio Correa, during his coming trial in exchange for a flat 40-year sentence. If Ruth Correa opted to take her case to trial, she faced a maximum sentence of 180 years, if convicted.
Ruth Correa’s pleas were not unexpected the terms of her plea agreement were mentioned during her sibling’s 2019 probable cause hearing. During that proceeding, Ruth Correa spent hours on the stand largely blaming her brother for the murders of Matthew, Janet and Kenneth Lindquist on Dec. 20, 2017.