Man Sentenced In Killing Of Bridgeport Resident In Cold Case: Report

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Hamden man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in connection with the killing of a man in Bridgeport more than 10 years ago, according to the Connecticut Post.

The Post reports Shawn Gibson, 47, was also sentenced this week to five years of probation following the prison term in the killing of 23-year-old Aryndel Castro in September 2013. Gibson was originally charged with murder, and pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and hindering prosecution.

Castro’s body was found buried under the detached garage of a single-family home in the 1800 block of Bridgeport in December 2021, according to police. He had been reported missing in September 2013.

Gibson was accused of killing Castro with the assistance of Terrance Boyd, police said at the time of his arrest in December 2021.

Police believed Gibson, with Boyd’s assistance, beat and choked Castro to death on Sept. 22, 2013, in a house on Noble Avenue, according to a news release.

Police said at the time that the evidence suggested that the two men “engaged in an elaborate clean-up effort, purchasing cleaning supplies on multiple occasions at The Home Depot and renting vans twice, once from The Home Depot, and the other from U-Haul. They reportedly used these vans to move Castro’s body more than once in the days following the murder.”

During a post-arrest interview, police said Gibson acknowledged “disposing of the body and agreed to cooperate with detectives to recover Castro’s remains,” according to the news release.

The Connecticut Post reported that Boyd told police, according to the arrest warrant affidavit, that Castro stole tools from Gibson and he “didn’t like it. He told me to go get the guy. Brought him to the house, beat him to death and then buried him.”

Read more from Wednesday’s sentencing at the Connecticut Post here.