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.
New London police have arrested the mother of a 4-year-old boy on murder charges after she claimed she strangled him on Sunday. Officers responded to a parking lot on Nautilus Drive around 6:30 a.m. after getting a report of a woman damaging a vehicle with a bat. When police arrived, they said they made contact with the vehicle owner and.
New London police have arrested the mother of a 4-year-old boy on murder charges after she claimed she strangled him on Sunday. Officers responded to a parking lot on Nautilus Drive around 6:30 a.m. after getting a report of a woman damaging a vehicle with a bat. When police arrived, they said they made contact with the vehicle owner and.
The shoreline may see 17 inches of snow this week as a winter storm moves through the area Wednesday evening into Thursday afternoon.
The National Weather Service on Monday issued a winter storm watch for the region, warning of heavy snow along the coast, accompanied by wind gusts up to 45 mph. The storm watch is in effect from 2 p.m. Wednesday until 1 p.m. Thursday with meteorologists predicting 12 to 17 inches of snow.
According to Western Connecticut State University Meteorologist Gary Lessor, a fluffy, dry snow will begin between 6 and 9 p.m. Wednesday and continue falling until 7 a.m. Thursday, making for a slow, early morning commute.