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She said he took a kitchen knife he claimed to have bought for his grandmother when he got out of his car, wearing gloves, to approach Millan on the jogging trail on the night of Nov. Chong attributed the confession to Leverett's discovery of religious faith.īut the prosecutor expressed doubts about some aspects of the story Leverett told that night. 19, 2018 and confessed in an interview lasting more than four hours. Leverett, who has a 2011 conviction in Colorado for a sexual assault on a child, walked into the Simsbury police station on the night of Sept. In weighing the case, the prosecutor said, she had to balance the "random, brutal murder" with the fact that Leverett confessed to a crime that otherwise would have gone unsolved.
She said people with mild autism can be "immature in social interactions," adding that Leverett has "limited ability to regulate his emotions." Prosecutor Vicki Melchiorre said Leverett has been diagnosed with a mild autism, which she said doesn't excuse what he did but may help explain it. SENTENCE: 35 years in prison, followed by seven years' special paroleīut Tuesday's sentencing was a chance for Millan's family members to describe their loss - and for officials to try to make some sense of what happened. Millan, 54, of Simsbury, a senior vice president of MassMutual Leverett, now 30, formerly of Windsor Locks