As a breaking news reporter, I primarily cover crime and courts in southeastern Connecticut, but I also report on politics, health care and social justice issues. In addition to my beat, I am the cohost of the investigative true crime podcast Looking for the Todt Family. I am passionate about in-depth crime coverage and believe in the power of investigative journalism. I am a Connecticut native who returned to my home state to join the team at The Day.
Taylor Hartz
As a breaking news reporter, I primarily cover crime and courts in southeastern Connecticut, but I also report on politics, health care and social justice issues. In addition to my beat, I am the cohost of the investigative true crime podcast Looking for the Todt Family. I am passionate about in-depth crime coverage and believe in the power of investigative journalism. I am a Connecticut native who returned to my home state to join the team at The Day.
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.
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