Crime & Safety
AP: Man to Get 20 Years for Milford Murder
Luis A. Rodriguez reportedly pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter this week.
An Oklahoma inmate is reportedly expected to serve 20 years in prison for the murder of a 28-year-old Milford woman in 2001.
The Associated Press reports that Luis A. Rodriguez pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree manslaughter in the killing of Kelsey Monahan.
Rodriguez is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 25, at which time, per an agreement, he is expected to be given 20 years in prison, the AP reports.
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Milford police said Monahan was discovered hog-tied and unresponsive in her Shorefront Street home on May 25, 2001. She died three days later at Bridgeport Hospital, according to the AP.
After bringing charges against the 53-year-old Rodriguez in 2011, Milford police said the cause of death was determined to be homicide by strangulation.
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At that time, Rodriguez was being held at the Federal Correctional Institute in Oklahoma on an unrelated federal conviction. The AP reports that the inmate is still serving time there.
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