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Posted by XR650L_Dave on July 23, 2008, 11:09 am
> Well thanks for posting the article. It must be here in Connecticut. Th=
is
> article you post is over a month old. can't you do better especially sin=
ce
> you chose to put murdered in the title?
>
> Any one here more local to this location than me with an update?
>
> It doesn't bode well for the efforts to get legal places to ride when I
> would conclude from reading the article parents and grandparents are
> complicit in letting 13 year olds go out riding alone most likely
> trespassing riding. The rider did leave the grandparents property I can
> determine from the very vague article.
>
> So what is the follow up.
>
> was it really close to murder?
>
> Did he blow by new yellow no trespassing signs go around a few logs acros=
s
> the road and then hit a cable? Is the property owner where it happened a
> person of interest in this case?
>
> Fran
>
> edi...@mxnewsfeed.com wrote in message
>
> Police 'cautiously optimistic' in Parisot case
> Written by Jeff Yates
> Friday, June 13, 2008
>
> Nick Parisot
> Updated Tuesday, June 24
>
> Captain Michael Lombardo said Tuesday, June 24, the Wilton Police
> Department is "cautiously optimistic" that detectives working on the
> case of Nicholas Parisot's death will come to a resolution.
>
> "I would say that we are optimistic. Cautiously optimistic," he said
> during a press briefing. "The investigators have not decided to go in
> one direction," only, and are still pursuing "several avenues of
> investigation," but are narrowing the focus of their work. "It's not
> precluding us from going in other areas of investigation," he added.
>
> Police have completed the GPS mapping of the site of Nick's death and
> Capt. Lombardo said they had determined on which piece of property the
> incident took place.
>
> "We have determined that, yes," he said when asked if the mapping had
> been concluded. "It's privately owned," he said, but would not
> disclose the name of the property owner. Police had previously said
> mapping was needed to determine the exact location, as several
> properties intersected in the area where Nick was killed.
>
> Capt. Lombardo said the department was awaiting results from evidence
> sent to the state forensics lab, and that detectives had continued to
> interview and re-interview area residents, broadening the circle
> around the scene to include more homes. Last week, flyers had been
> passed out or left in mailboxes by police asking those with
> information to come forward.
>
> On Tuesday, Capt. Lombardo, when asked if the flyers had resulted in
> any new information being brought forward, or had helped reconfirm
> other details of the case, said he could not answer the question
> "directly."
>
> "It's a case that they're constantly working on, it's a seven-day
> week," he said of the detectives. "Our goal is to certainly solve it
> as quickly as we can."
>
> Nick, son of Kate Throckmorton and Rick Parisot of Nod Hill Road, was
> killed while riding his off-road motorcycle on trails near his
> grandparents' home on Hillbrook Lane on Friday, June 13. Since that
> time, many rumors have been discussed around town about the cause and
> manner of the 13-year-old's death.
>
> Capt. Lombardo said Friday, June 20, the police can not join in the
> speculation, and must keep quiet about many aspects of the case,
> particularly when it comes to what the "object" was that was placed
> across the trail. Police recovered the object at the scene and are
> having it and other evidence examined by the state's forensics lab.
>
> "It's a valuable piece of evidence and it's something at this point
> that," police need to keep undisclosed, he said. The Bulletin will not
> post any of these rumors until police are ready to disclose more
> information, as doing so may harm the case.
> "We want the case solved," said Capt. Lombardo. "We want it solved
> quickly and are doing whatever we need to do."
>
> Stopping short of calling them leads, Captain Michael Lombardo said
> Tuesday, June 17, the department was following =93avenues of
> investigation=94 as it worked to resolve the unanswered questions
> surrounding Nick's death.
>
> The department=92s investigation into what they are calling the
> =93suspicious death=94 of Nick, continued last Tuesday, with local
> officers and investigators from the state searching a larger swath of
> woods near Hillbrook Road where the incident took place.
>
> =93The officers went back last night and canvassed the area. They=92re up
> there right now with state police searching the area again. A wider
> area,=94 said Capt. Lombardo on Tuesday.
>
> Capt. Lombardo said one of the things detectives are doing at this
> time is working to map out a better picture of the scene.
> =93At this point right now, with some of our GPS units, we=92re going bac=
k
> out there to pinpoint it more accurately,=94 he said of the location
> where police believe the incident took place.
>
> During a press conference at headquarters on Monday, June 16, police
> said the ongoing nature of the investigation made it difficult to
> answer all questions and to respond to all =93rumors and misinformation=
=94
> circulating around town.
>
> What police are willing to say at this time is that Nick, who was
> wearing his helmet while riding his off-road motorcycle on wooded
> trails near his grandparents=92 home, struck an object that had been
> placed across the trail and was knocked from his bike. He was
> transported by the Georgetown ambulance to Norwalk Hospital, where he
> was declared dead.
>
> Police responded to the call at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 13. They
> said the last time Nick had been seen by someone was roughly an hour-
> and-a-half before the emergency call was made.
>
> =93At this time, it looks like Nick was alone at the time of the
> accident,=94 said Chief Edward Kulhawik. =93There was an individual out
> there who he normally rides with=94 who found his body.
>
> According to the state medical examiner=92s office in Farmington, Nick
> died of neck trauma, but a determination had not been reached on the
> circumstances of death.
>
> The department=92s Detective Bureau and accident investigation team have
> been working on the case with the state police Major Crime Squad since
> Friday, attempting to =93piece together=94 exactly what happened, said
> Chief Kulhawik.
>
> The officers have gathered information =93both in terms of hard
> evidence, physical evidence from the scene, of which we have much,=94
> and from interviews with family, friends and area residents, said
> Chief Kulhawik.
>
> =93We actually, this morning, brought them some evidence to examine,=94
> said Chief Kulhawik of the state forensics lab=92s help in the
> investigation. Chief Kulhawik said the patrol officer who arrived at
> the scene first was able to identify and secure the object that had
> been placed across the trail.
>
> As for questions the police are unable, or unwilling to answer at this
> time:
>
> =95 Was the object, which authorities said was not a =93natural=94 object=
,
> placed across the trail in order to cause injury?
>
> =95 Was Nick=92s body moved after the collision, but before family,
> friends and emergency officials arrived on the scene?
>
> =95 Was off-road riding permitted on the property?
>
> =93That=92s what we=92re trying to ascertain,=94 said Chief Kulhawik when
> asked if the department knew how the object had come to be placed
> across the trail. =93Was it placed there deliberately, as a prank? Was
> it placed there as a property demarcation line?=94
>
> Asked about the scene, and whether it appeared Nick=92s body had been
> moved prior to the arrival of emergency responders, police would not
> say.
>
> =93That=92s something we=92re looking into,=94 said Capt. Lombardo.
>
> He said the department=92s investigation team had conducted measurements
> at the scene and were attempting =93to piece it together right now.=94
>
> As for whether off-road biking was allowed on the property, Chief
> Kulhawik said the department is looking into that aspect as well.
>
> =93It=92s not that uncommon at all, particularly in your more rural
> areas,=94 he said. =93That area back there backs up to a lot of convergin=
g
> trails.=94
>
> Capt. Lombardo said Nick and his friends frequently rode their dirt
> bikes on the trails, and police are trying to determine exactly when
> the object was placed across the trail.
>
> =93The information we have is that he was out there the day before, but
> whether it was on that specific trail, we don=92t know,=94 he said.
>
> =93We=92re trying to keep an open mind and look at all possibilities,=94
> said Chief Kulhawik. =93We=92re not discounting anything.=94
>
> =93One of the mistakes people make is they draw conclusions early and
> close out options,=94 he added.
>
> Chief Kulhawik said the department had received between 20 and 30
> calls on Monday morning from people asking questions about the case.
> Police are asking that only people with information that may aid the
> investigation call the department at 834-6260.
>
> =93I think the thing we don=92t want, we don=92t want curiosity seekers
> here,=94 said Chief Kulhawik. =93That we can=92t have, and we don=92t hav=
e
> time for that.=94
>
> Joining Chief Kulhawik and Capt. Lombardo at the press conference were
> Matt Mason, police commissioner, Lt. Donald Wakeman, Dr. Gary
> Richards, superintendent of schools, Julia Harris, principal of
> Middlebrook School, and Cathy Pierce, director of Social Services.
>
> The town=92s Community Crisis Team met Monday morning and has set up
> counseling sessions for teens and parents. Counseling sessions will be
> held today, Thursday, June 19, from 10 to 2 and Friday, June 20, from
> 12 to 3 at Wilton Youth Services at Comstock. For more information,
> call Cathy Pierce at 834-6238
They are following this pretty closely over on thumpertalk, too.
Dave
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