Left: Jevon Fletcher (West Haven police). Right: Hailey Miller and her son (GoFundMe).
A 26-year-old Connecticut man is behind bars in connection with the deaths of his girlfriend and his 2-year-old son.
Jevon Fletcher is facing charges of two counts each of murder and murder with exceptional circumstances and risk of injury, as reported by West Haven police. The authorities were alerted to a disturbance at an apartment complex on Saturday night after Fletcher leaped out of a second-story apartment window.
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Upon entering the apartment from which he had jumped, officers discovered the lifeless bodies of a 19-year-old woman and a 2-year-old boy who had been stabbed to death. Fletcher was apprehended by the officers and taken into custody. Following his release from the hospital on Tuesday, he was transferred to jail, where he is being held on a $3 million bond. His next court appearance is slated for March 13.
Police have not released a motive for the murders.
While the family identified the deceased woman as Hailey Miller, the name of the deceased child, who was Fletcher’s son, has not been disclosed by the authorities. However, Miller was not the mother of the child but did leave behind a toddler son, as indicated on a GoFundMe page. The fundraiser described Miller as “a hardworking mother, always looking to further her education/career.”
“She was dedicated to giving her son the best life possible,” the page reads. “A life filled with love and care. Hailey’s bright spirit, kindness, and unwavering love for her child touched everyone who knew her.”
The fundraiser has raised north of $20,000 in donations as of Tuesday afternoon. The funds are for funeral expenses and her son.
Local ABC affiliate WTNH spoke with neighbors who described the chaotic scene that unfolded Saturday night.
“I heard someone scream ‘No no no.’ I was looking out the window wondering what was going on,” neighbor Moss Hanley said. “I was kind of in denial at first but I knew right then and there it was bad and was definitely a murder.”
People couldn’t believe that someone would hurt a woman and child.
“The fact that it’s a woman and a child its honestly sickening to me,” neighbor Ben Hanley told the TV station.
