Serial Killer Assaults Danbury Sex Trafficker: Report

DANBURY, CT — A local man scheduled to be sentenced for his role in a sex trafficking ring was assaulted by a serial killer, the Hartford Courant is reporting.

Robert King, Jr., 52, of Danbury, suffered a broken nose and orbital socket. He was allegedly struck by convicted serial killer William Devin Howell, the Courant reported, on Dec. 3 at the Chesire Correctional Institute. Howell has since been charged with disorderly conduct and third degree assault.

King was arrested two years ago along with two clients following an investigation by local and federal authorities. King was accused of targeting men in their 20s with mental health problems, befriending them, offering them drugs, and then selling them into prostitution to pay off their drug debts. He pleaded guilty to charges of sex trafficking in August.

Howell is serving six consecutive life terms for the murders of five women and one man whose bodies he dumped behind a New Britain strip mall, according to The Courant.

King has since been transferred to the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center in Montville where he is awaiting his sentencing in Danbury Superior Court next month.

For more, see the Hartford Courant.

Photo of Robert King, Jr. via Danbury PD