Connecticut Man Accused Of Killing Parents Over Will Pleads Not Guilty
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A Connecticut man charged with killing his parents because they planned to cut him out of their will has pleaded not guilty.
Kyle Navin remains held on $2.5 million bond after waiving a probable cause hearing and pleading not guilty Wednesday to two counts of murder.
Navin is charged with shooting his parents, Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin, of Easton. They were reported missing in August, with Navin and their bodies were found in October.
Navin was already in federal custody on a weapon charge when police charged him with two counts of murder and murder with special circumstances, state police said.
His girlfriend, Jennifer Valiante,was also arrested Friday night and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and hindering prosecution.
Court documents indicate Jeanette Navin had told a friend that she and her husband planned to sell their trash-hauling business and cut their son out of their will.
Jaenette Navin was upset about her son's behavior and drug use, and his failure to pay the mortgage and taxes on the home they bought him, according to the arrest warrant for Valiante.
During the September search of Kyle Navin's home, Jeffrey Navin's blood was found near where police discovered an 11-by-7 piece of carpet missing from the basement floor, according to court documents.
A tiny amount of Jeanette Navin's blood was found in her son's truck near a bullet hole in the passenger-side seat belt, according to the affidavit. The Chief Medical Examiner's office later ruled that both Jeffery and Jeanette Navin died from gunshot wounds.
Police said a month before his parents disappeared, Navin wrote to Valiante that he had the "perfect plan" to get "$ for life."
Navin's lawyer refused comment outside court.
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