News Man rushes into a church, confesses to murder
Issue 16
By EMMA GRIFFIN Staff Writer In November 2014, police discovered the body of Melissa Millan on a bike trail in Connecticut, apparently having been stabbed. Six months later, the police claimed they had no suspects and no leads. The case appeared to hit a dead end, until September 19, 2018, when 27-year-old William Leverett, a registered sex offender, burst through the doors of Open Gate Ministries of Windsor Locks in Connecticut and confessed to killing the mother of two. Pastor Michael Trazinski, amongst other church members, escorted Leverett to the Simsbury Police Department where he willingly confessed to his crime, as well as led them to a bloody glove that proved his guilt. He told police that he had “[gone] into a frenzy” when he saw Millan jogging on the very bike trail her body had been found on. Leverett confessed to
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police that he had been on the trail after a treatment meeting for sex offenders earlier that night, allegedly “searching for human contact”, when he discovered Millan. According to what he had told police, that if he committed a murder, he would not have to explain why he had sexually assaulted a child while he was living in Colorado. Leverett claimed he grew progressively angry at the realization that he “[could not] have her”, as she was “way out of [his] league”. Leverett confronted Millan on the trail at around 8 p.m. in an unlit area, and proceeded into his self-proclaimed “frenzy”. He told police he stabbed the mother of two once in the chest, and when she pushed him away he accidentally pulled the knife out. She then proceeded to fall back, over a guardrail, onto the roadway below. Leverett claimed he heard Millan say, “oh my God, oh my God, oh my
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Mugshot of William Leverett who burst into a church, confessing to cold case God,” before finally going silent. Leverett ultimately destroyed the knife in a trash compactor at work a few days later. He stated that he wrote his friends and family members each confession letters, but ultimately never sent them and turned them over to police.
Simsbury police released information of Leverett’s arrest on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. It is noted that he is scheduled to be back in court on Oct. 9, 2018. Colette Trazinski, who is a co-pastor at the church, simply stated, “We never would have expected this.”
The Caf involves Greek life in Stop Hunger campaign By DEMETRIUS HARRISON News Editor Once a year, Sodexo ignites its twomonth “Stop Hunger” campaign. This year, it lasts from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30. The Stop Hunger campaign strives to end local hunger by urging each college and university to support a local charity or non-profit organization. The Caf supports The AMEN House, which is a local non-profit organization which aims toward ending local poverty. The AMEN House donates food and clothing to children of the Georgetown, Ky community, as well as financially supports families
in need. This year, our dining hall has opened a Charity Pop-Up Shop, located underneath the television across from the waste conveyor belt. The booth features two boxes: one for students to drop off non-perishable food items, and another for spare change donations. Students and other community members also have the option to purchase individually wrapped bowls of Kellog and General Mills brand cereal, as the corporations have agreed to donate a portion of the proceeds to Sodexo’s Stop Hunger Foundation. The individually wrapped bowls of cereal
are on a rack on the Stop Hunger booth underneath the television as well and can be carried to and purchased from The C-Store. In other words, each cereal bowl purchased goes toward funding a child’s meal. Examples of acceptable non-perishable food items are boxes of cereal, granola bars, canned goods, boxed snacks, peanut butter, jelly and bread. The Caf has also invited each fraternity and sorority on campus to a friendly competition for charity: whichever fraternity or sorority raises the most money to fully donate to The
AMEN House will win a pizza party, hosted by The Caf. Even if you are not involved in campus Greek (or Roman) life, it is highly suggested that you participate in the campaign, as it supports a very generous cause. Again, the Stop Hunger campaign runs from Oct. 1, 2018 until Nov. 30. For more information on the campaign, you can visit: us.stop-hunger. org/home.html. With any questions regarding the campaign, please feel free to contact Brian, The Caf manager, at Brian.Thompson@Sodexo.com.
