Connecticut Murder Suspect Peter Manfredonia Arrested In Maryland After Multi-State Manhunt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: CBS Philadelphia

Connecticut Murder Suspect Peter Manfredonia Arrested In Maryland After Multi-State Manhunt, Police Say

By CBS3 Staff May 28, 2020 at 12:01 am

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Connecticut State Police say 23-year-old Peter Manfredonia, a University of Connecticut student wanted for two murders, was arrested in Hagerstown, Maryland Wednesday night. It comes after a multi-state manhunt that had state police in Pennsylvania and New Jersey looking for the suspect.

The UConn engineering student is accused of killing 62-year-old Ted DeMers in Willington, Connecticut on Friday, then 23-year-old Nicholas Eisele, who police believe was an acquaintance of the suspect, in Derby, Connecticut on Sunday.

Police also say Manfredonia kidnapped Eisele’s girlfriend, who was found safe at a New Jersey rest stop Monday.

Officials say Manfredonia was spotted by authorities coming out of a wooded area behind a travel center on the 16000 block of Halfway Boulevard in Hagerstown. He was arrested shortly after 9 p.m.

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[IronLionZion]

1. And he's still alive because he's an upstanding law abiding citizen

who just so happens to look like this:





It's good that they arrested him. Dude was on the loose far too long and was armed and dangerous after committing his murders.

[WhoWoodaKnew]

2. That's bizarre. Don't hear about murders like this too often.

College student. Engineering. 23yo. Kills and kidnaps and goes on the run. I can't remember many similar cases in my lifetime (although I'm sure there might be something).

[LisaL]

3. Per family lawyer, he has a history of mental health problems.

[abqtommy]

4. I have a history of mental health problems and have never killed anyone. I know many people

just like me so I don't think that has a great deal of relevance to this person's behavior...

[Lucky Luciano]

5. I used to work with someone in Connecticut with that last name.

Almost certainly a relation I would think.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. He's from Newtown, not a tough commute into NYC.

I heard that his family was neighbors with/to the Lanza family. I don't know exactly what that means -- next door? five miles?