Ellington Murder Case Gets Another Continuance

VERNON/ELLINGTON, CT — The case of the Ellington man accused of murdering his wife two days before Christmas in 2015 has been continued to Sept. 15, a clerk at the court said.

Richard Dabate filed an appearance in Rockville Superior Court on Friday.

He had last appeared in June.

He has already been stripped as executor of Connie Dabate's estate. In May, Marliese Shaw, the sister of his murdered wife, was named the executor. Probate Judge O. James Purnell III has also Richard Dabate's ordered assets frozen.

Connie Dabate was 39 at the time of her death, and Richard Dabate is 40. There are surviving sons, ages 10 and 8.

Richard Dabate is currently out on a $1 million bond while facing charges that include murder, evidence tampering and making false statements in the shooting death of Connie. Equity on family homes was used to secure the bond.

See the full homicide case story, including details on the arrest warrant, here. He was arrested on April 14.

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