BRANFORD, Conn. – Connecticut man is dealing with a cost of homicide with particular circumstances after allegedly beating his 12-year-old son to dying with a baseball bat and making an attempt to kill his teenage daughter, authorities stated.
Anthony Andrew Esposito Jr., 52, was arrested Thursday following a site visitors cease with the assistance of Connecticut State Police. Branford police recognized the younger sufferer as 12-year-old Anthony P. Esposito.
Throughout a court docket look Friday in New Haven Superior Court docket, prosecutors stated Esposito Jr. admitted to “brutally” beating his son for being disrespectful. He additionally allegedly pushed his 16-year-old daughter down the steps and advised police he would have killed her too if he had retrieved the bat.
His legal professional cited a historical past of extreme psychological sickness, together with childhood psychiatric hospitalizations, and stated Esposito Jr. reported listening to voices. Regardless of a request to decrease his $3 million bond, the choose declined.
The Branford Police Division stated it’s working intently with the general public faculty system to offer grief counseling and assist providers. “Our hearts are with Anthony’s household, associates, classmates, and lecturers,” the division stated in an announcement.
Grief counseling will probably be accessible Saturday at a Branford center faculty. Superintendent Christopher Tranberg provided condolences on behalf of Branford Public Faculties, calling it an “unimaginable tragedy.”
The investigation is ongoing.
