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US man accuses of having put his 12-year-old son to death with a baseball bat

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A man from Branford was charged with murder and murder.

Anthony Andrew Esposito Jr. supposedly killed his 12-year-old son.

He also tried to murder his 16-year-old daughter with a bat.

A 52-year-old man from Connecticut, Anthony Andrew Esposito Jr., was charged with a violent incident in his house in Branford for murder and murder. According to officials, Esposito allegedly defeated his 12-year-old son Anthony P. Esposito to death with a baseball bat and tried to kill his 16-year-old daughter. People reported. The incident occurred on Thursday and made the community shocked.

According to the police report, the police responded to an emergency call from a woman who believed that someone was killed in Anthony Esposito's apartment on Hemlock Road. On arrival, the officials found the 12-year-old son with heavy head dreams in the basement, and he was declared dead shortly afterwards. In the meantime, Esposito from the scene in his silver Chrysler Pacifica had fled the scene, which led to a search for a search.

He was arrested on Thursday after a traffic disability with the support of Connecticut State Police. During his indictment, the prosecutors revealed that Esposito allegedly admitted to the crime because his son “treated him disrespectfully and would use explosions with him”. He also claimed to hear voices, including that of his supposedly abusive parents, and explained the votes on May 1, “not to let him get through it”. The 52-year-old said he heard the voices say: “Baseball, baseball bat.”

According to the report by Esposito, he took off his 16-year-old daughter from a bus stop after the incident with his son and took home an uneventful trip. When he arrived, he told her that his son was in the basement, and when they approached the stairs, he deliberately pushed her and dropped her close to her brother's body. He admitted that he intended to kill his daughter with the same baseball bat if he could have accessed the stairs, but she managed to escape the basement. Then he left the scene in his car.

His defense lawyer revealed the story of Esposito Jr. of psychological problems, including psychiatric hospital stays in childhood and audio votes, as mentioned in the police report.

During his indictment on May 2, the judge stated the severity of the allegations and warned that due to the “terrible nature” of the indictment, he was exposed to lifelong imprisonment without probation.



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