Crime & Safety

New Charges in Homicide/Hamden Explosion Case

A person already arrested in connection with the West Haven/Hamden incident received new charges.

State Police have added new charges to a person who was arrested in connection with a homicide that ended with an improvised explosive device exploding near a body in Hamden.

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Police have charged Natali Martinez-Sanchez, 30, with second-degree hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence.

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The new charges were added August 5 and she was scheduled for same-day arraignment.

She is already in custody due to previous charges.

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Officials believe that victim Edward Brooks of West Haven was shot in West Haven and then perpetrators tried to blow-up his body in Hamden.

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