Bail Kept At $3 Million For Bednarz, Charged In 2010 Thanksgiving Killing Of His Mother, Two Others [The Hartford Courant]
By David Owens and Christine Dempsey, The Hartford Courant | |
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Among the possible links police discovered were a crumpled, bloodstained tissue that contained the DNA of Bednarz and one of the people he's accused of killing; and bloody sock prints that, experts said, came from someone with Bednarz's size 13 feet, the arrest warrant says.
Bednarz, 48, was dressed in blue jeans and a camouflage shirt during his brief appearance before Judge
His lawyer,
Taylor left bail at
Bednarz is charged with three counts of murder, home invasion, first-degree burglary, criminal violation of a protective order and capital felony, the state's death penalty statute, in the killings of
Prosecutors could pursue the death penalty against Bednarz if he is convicted because the crimes occurred before
Among those in the audience was
Bednarz had lived with his mother on
Therrien wrote a letter dated
In a conversation with a court clerk in
Therrien was found dead in a bathroom in her home on
Johns' body was found in the hallway. She too had a wound to her head.
Police also recovered bloody, crumpled toilet tissue from a doorway leading to a bedroom. Ramsey's DNA was found in the blood, and Bednarz's DNA was found in "stiff yellowish stains" inside the tissue, according to the warrant.
Detectives also found bloody sock prints in several locations that investigators found to be consistent with Bednarz's size 13 foot.
The victims were dressed in pajamas or bed clothing when they were killed, suggesting the killings occurred at night.
Police said Therrien's house was ransacked.Among the papers disturbed were financial records, including a letter to Therrien from her life insurance company thanking her for her recent request to change the beneficiary of her policy, police said.
According to search warrants, Therrien sought to remove Bednarz as beneficiary. Because of her violent death shortly after requesting the change, her life insurance company did not honor the request, and
Another relative of Therrien told police that Therrien had told her she had an appointment on
Police found evidence to suggest the assailant left Therrien's home and headed through woods to
Bednarz's niece,
When police went to that apartment on
While talking to Bednarz,
The examination revealed a small scab on
Bednarz told police he suffered the cuts and scratches while doing electrical work at his sister's apartment, according to the warrant. He told police he stubbed his toe at her apartment.
Months later, a podiatrist told police that the bloody sock smears found at the crime scene showed "repeated rotational smear of the great toe imprint" on the right foot, indicative of someone with limited motion in their right foot.
On
The note police found in the Bednarz's apartment "appeared to be a copy of the note described by the resident," the warrant states.
It said, among other things, that Therrien "has to be stopped" and "she made all our lives a living hell," according to the arrest warrant.
The note also had the passage, "Don't worry, I have an ace up my sleeve. I'm jus (sic) waiting to use it. Karma can be a [expletive]." The note also asked the
In
One said Bednarz asked him if he was aware of the "thing" that happened on
Another inmate told police that Bednarz asked him if he'd heard of the triple murder on
A friend of the victims,
Fair said he met Ramsey and Johns through his girlfriend. Ramsey used to volunteer at a
Ramsey was a witty person, he said -- different from Johns, who he called stoic.
Ramsey wasn't someone who would pose a threat to anyone, Fair said. "He was like a little puppy dog," he said.
He met
"I had moved them in, and I seriously regretted it," Fair said.
He described Therrien as "free-spirited" and said, "She didn't take nonsense."
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