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New London Police have charged a 33-year-old city woman with murder in connection with the death Sunday morning of her 4-year-old son at 242 Nautilus Drive.
Tiffany Farrauto of 242 Nautilus Drive, Apt. 208, was also charged with risk of injury to a minor and was being held in lieu of a $1 million bond. She is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in New London Superiort Court.
During an emotional news conference at police headquarters late Sunday afternoon, police did not immediately release the name of the boy or his cause of death. They said an autopsy would be done Monday morning.
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.
Police: New London woman charged with murder in death of 4-year-old son
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NEW LONDON Investigators obtained an arrest warrant Sunday charging a local woman with the death of her 4-year-old son, city police said.
Police identified the woman as 33-year-old Tiffany Farrauto, a New London resident, in a news conference Sunday. She faces charges of murder and risk of injury after her son was found “unresponsive and unconscious” in her apartment Sunday morning by officers responding to a report of a woman smashing a car with a baseball bat, police said.
“We’ve lost a second child in the city to violence in as many weeks, this time a 4-year-old,” Mayor Michael Passero said in the news conference. “Our community is hurting.”
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.