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One of Connecticut’s safest towns has its first murder in 21 years, and it’s straight out of a horror movie
By Olivia Land,
2 hours ago
A man allegedly killed his father and left his organs outside his body in what his defense attorney called a “tragedy of Shakespearean proportions,” which was also a sleepy Connecticut town’s first murder in more than 20 years.
Authorities responded to a caller who claimed to have hurt his father at a residence in Ridgefield around 1 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Steven James Uricchio was nearly catatonic in court on Monday. News 12
The responding officers were greeted by Steven James Uricchio, 31, who was outside the house with his hands in the air and wearing a dark blue shirt with boxer shorts, according to the police report obtained by the Hour .
The police instructed Uricchio — who was sweating profusely and appeared to have blood on his hands — to walk forward with his arms extended.
After authorities inspected the man for weapons, they asked him about his father, Marc Uricchio.
“I murdered him,” Uricchio allegedly replied, adding that he had killed the older man “really, really badly.”
At the hospital, Uricchio told the doctors that he was prescribed a medication that he had not taken “in a month or two,” and that he regularly used cannabis.
He was discharged from the hospital and taken back to Ridgefield police headquarters on suicide watch.
Uricchio was arraigned on Monday in Danbury Superior Court, where he appeared nearly catatonic and had to be carried into the courtroom, the News-Times reported .
He slumped with his head on the defense table until the judge ordered him to stand, at which point he was nearly pulled to his feet by a nearby officer.
Uricchio’s defense lawyer Willie Dow told the court that his client had “significant mental health history.”
Dow agreed with the prosecution’s request for a competency evaluation, mental health treatment and continued suicide watch, all of which were approved by the judge.
The killing is Ridgefield’s first homicide since 2003. News 12
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