Posted by editor on July 22, 2008, 4:31 pm
Nick Parisot: Police call death 'suspicious' (video)
By FRANK MacEACHERN
Video:; http://www.thehour.com/customvideo.php?id=11
WILTON — Nicholas Parisot drove into an "object elevated from the
ground," which threw him from his dirt bike and contributed to his
fatal injuries, said Wilton Police, who are calling it "a suspicious
death."
Nicholas Parisot, 13, of Nod Hill Road, was discovered unconscious on
a trail near 57 Hillbrook Road around 4:30 p.m. Friday. He was
pronounced dead at Norwalk Hospital a short time later.
At a press conference Monday at police headquarters, Wilton Police
Chief Edward Kulhawik said police are investigating whether the object
was placed on the trail deliberately or as a prank. He declined to say
what the object was.
Police believe the object was placed by a local person.
"We're not looking outside of Wilton. It's someone within the
community that did this," said Kulhawik.
Parisot may not have seen the object which was "elevated from the
ground," said the Wilton chief, because of "the way the foliage is
there and the sun."
Parisot was wearing a helmet and riding a trail he was familiar with,
said Kulhawik.
"He was riding as he does on many other days," said Kulhawik. "It is
believed that when he struck the object it threw him off the bike and
caused the fatal injuries to Nick."
The last contact anyone had with Parisot was about 90 minutes before
he was found. Kulhawik declined to say who had found Parisot.
Police are investigating every possible angle and are working with
State Police, the state's medical examiner's office and the State's
Attorney Office in Stamford, said Kulhawik.
"It's no different than putting a puzzle together and we're trying to
piece it all together," said Kulhawik.
Posted by editor on July 23, 2008, 6:40 am
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 “avenues of
investigation” as it worked to resolve the unanswered questions
surrounding Nick's death.
The department’s investigation into what they are calling the
“suspicious death” 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.
“The officers went back last night and canvassed the area. They’re up
there right now with state police searching the area again. A wider
area,” 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.
“At this point right now, with some of our GPS units, we’re going back
out there to pinpoint it more accurately,” 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 “rumors and misinformation”
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’ 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.
“At this time, it looks like Nick was alone at the time of the
accident,” said Chief Edward Kulhawik. “There was an individual out
there who he normally rides with” who found his body.
According to the state medical examiner’s office in Farmington, Nick
died of neck trauma, but a determination had not been reached on the
circumstances of death.
The department’s Detective Bureau and accident investigation team have
been working on the case with the state police Major Crime Squad since
Friday, attempting to “piece together” exactly what happened, said
Chief Kulhawik.
The officers have gathered information “both in terms of hard
evidence, physical evidence from the scene, of which we have much,”
and from interviews with family, friends and area residents, said
Chief Kulhawik.
“We actually, this morning, brought them some evidence to examine,”
said Chief Kulhawik of the state forensics lab’s 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:
• Was the object, which authorities said was not a “natural” object,
placed across the trail in order to cause injury?
• Was Nick’s body moved after the collision, but before family,
friends and emergency officials arrived on the scene?
• Was off-road riding permitted on the property?
“That’s what we’re trying to ascertain,” said Chief Kulhawik when
asked if the department knew how the object had come to be placed
across the trail. “Was it placed there deliberately, as a prank? Was
it placed there as a property demarcation line?”
Asked about the scene, and whether it appeared Nick’s body had been
moved prior to the arrival of emergency responders, police would not
say.
“That’s something we’re looking into,” said Capt. Lombardo.
He said the department’s investigation team had conducted measurements
at the scene and were attempting “to piece it together right now.”
As for whether off-road biking was allowed on the property, Chief
Kulhawik said the department is looking into that aspect as well.
“It’s not that uncommon at all, particularly in your more rural
areas,” he said. “That area back there backs up to a lot of converging
trails.”
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.
“The information we have is that he was out there the day before, but
whether it was on that specific trail, we don’t know,” he said.
“We’re trying to keep an open mind and look at all possibilities,”
said Chief Kulhawik. “We’re not discounting anything.”
“One of the mistakes people make is they draw conclusions early and
close out options,” 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.
“I think the thing we don’t want, we don’t want curiosity seekers
here,” said Chief Kulhawik. “That we can’t have, and we don’t have
time for that.”
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’s 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
Posted by fran...123 on July 23, 2008, 8:45 am
Well thanks for posting the article. It must be here in Connecticut. This
article you post is over a month old. can't you do better especially since
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 across
the road and then hit a cable? Is the property owner where it happened a
person of interest in this case?
Fran
editor@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 “avenues of
investigation” as it worked to resolve the unanswered questions
surrounding Nick's death.
The department’s investigation into what they are calling the
“suspicious death” 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.
“The officers went back last night and canvassed the area. They’re up
there right now with state police searching the area again. A wider
area,” 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.
“At this point right now, with some of our GPS units, we’re going back
out there to pinpoint it more accurately,” 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 “rumors and misinformation”
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’ 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.
“At this time, it looks like Nick was alone at the time of the
accident,” said Chief Edward Kulhawik. “There was an individual out
there who he normally rides with” who found his body.
According to the state medical examiner’s office in Farmington, Nick
died of neck trauma, but a determination had not been reached on the
circumstances of death.
The department’s Detective Bureau and accident investigation team have
been working on the case with the state police Major Crime Squad since
Friday, attempting to “piece together” exactly what happened, said
Chief Kulhawik.
The officers have gathered information “both in terms of hard
evidence, physical evidence from the scene, of which we have much,”
and from interviews with family, friends and area residents, said
Chief Kulhawik.
“We actually, this morning, brought them some evidence to examine,”
said Chief Kulhawik of the state forensics lab’s 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:
• Was the object, which authorities said was not a “natural” object,
placed across the trail in order to cause injury?
• Was Nick’s body moved after the collision, but before family,
friends and emergency officials arrived on the scene?
• Was off-road riding permitted on the property?
“That’s what we’re trying to ascertain,” said Chief Kulhawik when
asked if the department knew how the object had come to be placed
across the trail. “Was it placed there deliberately, as a prank? Was
it placed there as a property demarcation line?”
Asked about the scene, and whether it appeared Nick’s body had been
moved prior to the arrival of emergency responders, police would not
say.
“That’s something we’re looking into,” said Capt. Lombardo.
He said the department’s investigation team had conducted measurements
at the scene and were attempting “to piece it together right now.”
As for whether off-road biking was allowed on the property, Chief
Kulhawik said the department is looking into that aspect as well.
“It’s not that uncommon at all, particularly in your more rural
areas,” he said. “That area back there backs up to a lot of converging
trails.”
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.
“The information we have is that he was out there the day before, but
whether it was on that specific trail, we don’t know,” he said.
“We’re trying to keep an open mind and look at all possibilities,”
said Chief Kulhawik. “We’re not discounting anything.”
“One of the mistakes people make is they draw conclusions early and
close out options,” 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.
“I think the thing we don’t want, we don’t want curiosity seekers
here,” said Chief Kulhawik. “That we can’t have, and we don’t have
time for that.”
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’s 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
Posted by XR650L_Dave on July 23, 2008, 11:09 am
> Well thanks for posting the article. It must be here in Connecticut. This
> article you post is over a month old. can't you do better especially since
> 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 across
> 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 “avenues of
> investigation” as it worked to resolve the unanswered questions
> surrounding Nick's death.
> The department’s investigation into what they are calling the
> “suspicious death” 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.
> “The officers went back last night and canvassed the area. They’re up
> there right now with state police searching the area again. A wider
> area,” 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.
> “At this point right now, with some of our GPS units, we’re going back
> out there to pinpoint it more accurately,” 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 “rumors and misinformation”
> 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’ 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.
> “At this time, it looks like Nick was alone at the time of the
> accident,” said Chief Edward Kulhawik. “There was an individual out
> there who he normally rides with” who found his body.
> According to the state medical examiner’s office in Farmington, Nick
> died of neck trauma, but a determination had not been reached on the
> circumstances of death.
> The department’s Detective Bureau and accident investigation team have
> been working on the case with the state police Major Crime Squad since
> Friday, attempting to “piece together” exactly what happened, said
> Chief Kulhawik.
> The officers have gathered information “both in terms of hard
> evidence, physical evidence from the scene, of which we have much,”
> and from interviews with family, friends and area residents, said
> Chief Kulhawik.
> “We actually, this morning, brought them some evidence to examine,”
> said Chief Kulhawik of the state forensics lab’s 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:
> • Was the object, which authorities said was not a “natural” object,
> placed across the trail in order to cause injury?
> • Was Nick’s body moved after the collision, but before family,
> friends and emergency officials arrived on the scene?
> • Was off-road riding permitted on the property?
> “That’s what we’re trying to ascertain,” said Chief Kulhawik when
> asked if the department knew how the object had come to be placed
> across the trail. “Was it placed there deliberately, as a prank? Was
> it placed there as a property demarcation line?”
> Asked about the scene, and whether it appeared Nick’s body had been
> moved prior to the arrival of emergency responders, police would not
> say.
> “That’s something we’re looking into,” said Capt. Lombardo.
> He said the department’s investigation team had conducted measurements
> at the scene and were attempting “to piece it together right now.”
> As for whether off-road biking was allowed on the property, Chief
> Kulhawik said the department is looking into that aspect as well.
> “It’s not that uncommon at all, particularly in your more rural
> areas,” he said. “That area back there backs up to a lot of converging
> trails.”
> 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.
> “The information we have is that he was out there the day before, but
> whether it was on that specific trail, we don’t know,” he said.
> “We’re trying to keep an open mind and look at all possibilities,”
> said Chief Kulhawik. “We’re not discounting anything.”
> “One of the mistakes people make is they draw conclusions early and
> close out options,” 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.
> “I think the thing we don’t want, we don’t want curiosity seekers
> here,” said Chief Kulhawik. “That we can’t have, and we don’t have
> time for that.”
> 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’s 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
Posted by Tim H on July 23, 2008, 11:36 am
> Well thanks for posting the article.
I agree, thanks for the links, Sean.
> It must be here in Connecticut. This
> article you post is over a month old. can't you do better especially since
> you chose to put murdered in the title?
If it's "here in Connecticut" for you, can't you do better yourself?
Sean's doing this from across the pond in Jolly olde England, so I'd
say he's doing a bang-up job.
Also, he chose to "murder" in the title with a question mark, most
reasonable people would see that asmeaning the is some question
(imagine that) about whether or not it would count as murder.
Personally, I think if anybody hung anything across a trail KNOWN to
be regularly used by people riding, and that object, whatever it may
be, isn't marked to highly visible, they are guilty of manslaughter at
the very least.
> 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, you have more facts available to you than the local Police do? Or
are you just more willing to jump to conclusions? The people on the
ground at the scene seem to be, fortunately, more open-minded than you
are. And BTW, what positive results have ever been achieved by
"efforts to get legal places to ride" back there? From what we keep
hearing here, there haven't been any. Is everyone in Connecticut
supposed to quit riding? I'm sure the law's viewpoint is exactly that,
but they have created the situation that forces ANYONE that rides in
that state to do so illegally.
> So what is the follow up.
> was it really close to murder?
Spend a little time searching your semi-local news and tell us.
Probably more on it there than in the UK.
> Did he blow by new yellow no trespassing signs go around a few logs across
> the road and then hit a cable?
It would seem that the police might have a more clear idea of whether
or not riding was allowed there if such postings were in place, and no
mention is made of anything of the sort in either news piece. Why are
you in such a rush to throw this poor dead kid under the bus?
Trespassing or not, he wasn't doing anything he should have died for.
> Is the property owner where it happened a
> person of interest in this case?
One would have to assume he/she was at least early in the
investigation. I'm pretty impressed wih the way the cops seem to be
handling this case from what we've seen. I suspect most of the police
departments around where I've lived would have been quick to join you
in assigning the blame to the motorcyclist, and rationalizing the
blantant stupidity (at best) of putting neck level objects across
active trails.
Tim H
> Fran
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> article you post is over a month old. can't you do better especially since
> 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 across
> 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 “avenues of
> investigation” as it worked to resolve the unanswered questions
> surrounding Nick's death.
> The department’s investigation into what they are calling the
> “suspicious death” 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.
> “The officers went back last night and canvassed the area. They’re up
> there right now with state police searching the area again. A wider
> area,” 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.
> “At this point right now, with some of our GPS units, we’re going back
> out there to pinpoint it more accurately,” 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 “rumors and misinformation”
> 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’ 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.
> “At this time, it looks like Nick was alone at the time of the
> accident,” said Chief Edward Kulhawik. “There was an individual out
> there who he normally rides with” who found his body.
> According to the state medical examiner’s office in Farmington, Nick
> died of neck trauma, but a determination had not been reached on the
> circumstances of death.
> The department’s Detective Bureau and accident investigation team have
> been working on the case with the state police Major Crime Squad since
> Friday, attempting to “piece together” exactly what happened, said
> Chief Kulhawik.
> The officers have gathered information “both in terms of hard
> evidence, physical evidence from the scene, of which we have much,”
> and from interviews with family, friends and area residents, said
> Chief Kulhawik.
> “We actually, this morning, brought them some evidence to examine,”
> said Chief Kulhawik of the state forensics lab’s 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:
> • Was the object, which authorities said was not a “natural” object,
> placed across the trail in order to cause injury?
> • Was Nick’s body moved after the collision, but before family,
> friends and emergency officials arrived on the scene?
> • Was off-road riding permitted on the property?
> “That’s what we’re trying to ascertain,” said Chief Kulhawik when
> asked if the department knew how the object had come to be placed
> across the trail. “Was it placed there deliberately, as a prank? Was
> it placed there as a property demarcation line?”
> Asked about the scene, and whether it appeared Nick’s body had been
> moved prior to the arrival of emergency responders, police would not
> say.
> “That’s something we’re looking into,” said Capt. Lombardo.
> He said the department’s investigation team had conducted measurements
> at the scene and were attempting “to piece it together right now.”
> As for whether off-road biking was allowed on the property, Chief
> Kulhawik said the department is looking into that aspect as well.
> “It’s not that uncommon at all, particularly in your more rural
> areas,” he said. “That area back there backs up to a lot of converging
> trails.”
> 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.
> “The information we have is that he was out there the day before, but
> whether it was on that specific trail, we don’t know,” he said.
> “We’re trying to keep an open mind and look at all possibilities,”
> said Chief Kulhawik. “We’re not discounting anything.”
> “One of the mistakes people make is they draw conclusions early and
> close out options,” 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.
> “I think the thing we don’t want, we don’t want curiosity seekers
> here,” said Chief Kulhawik. “That we can’t have, and we don’t have
> time for that.”
> 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’s 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