Accused Murderer of Milford Woman Loses Bid to Have Case Dismissed

The attorney representing Matthew Pugh, 42, of Hamden, who is on trial for the murder of Alexandra Ducsay, of Milford, lost his bid to have the case dismissed on Tuesday, according to media reports.

Pugh’s attorney claimed there was no evidence placing his client at the murder scene or physical evidence tying him to the crime, the Connecticut Post and New Haven Register report.

Milford State’s Attorney Kevin Lawlor said while the case is ‘circumstantial’ the evidence of compelling.

Ducsay’s mother and brother both testified that Alexandra was in fear of Pugh after their breakup, reports state.

Cell phone records placed Pugh in Milford on the day of the murder, and a Pugh relative testified that he discussed killing Ducsay, the Post reports.

Pugh said he wanted to kill Ducsay and make it look like an overdose, the Register reports.

The judge decided to let the case be decided by a jury. Lawlor concluded the state’s evidence presentation, which included 30 witnesses.

The defense will begin calling witnesses Wednesday. The defense may call up to a dozen witnesses, the Register reports.

Once the defense rests, jury deliberations begin.

Ducsay, 26, was murdered in her Milford home in 2006. Pugh is accused of murdering Ducsay in her house.

Ducsay was a model and aspiring actress, who appeared once on the popular and long-running ‘Law and Order’ television series.

She graduated magna cum laude from Albertus Magnus, spent her free-time helping others, and ran a charity called Xandra’s Kids, which brought holiday gifts to needy schoolchildren.

The crime scene

A Milford police detective testified earlier this week that the crime scene was “probably the worst that I’ve ever seen,” reports the New Haven Register. When police arrived they found blood splatter on the radiator, on the wall, floor and even the ceiling, the Connecticut Post reports.

How did Ducsay and Pugh meet?

Duscay and Pugh met in a local bookstore and Alexandra was only 16 or 17 at the time her mother testified, while Pugh was much older.

Her mother, Linda, testified that her daughter was immediately ‘infatuated’ with Pugh and that he manipulated her during the whole relationship, the Post and Register report.

On one instance, Pugh stood Alexandra up for Jonathan Law High School’s Junior Class Prom, and Alexandra spent the whole night sitting at home in her dress waiting for Pugh, Linda testified.

Linda Ducsay testified that she “didn’t like him” concerning Pugh.

At one point Pugh was imprisoned for a narcotics violation. At first Alexandra visited him in prison, but over time she began to move away from Pugh finally, her family testified.

At one point, Pugh called the Ducsay household and Linda picked up and told him to leave her daughter alone, and Pugh allegedly shot back, “be careful what you say and do.”

Pugh already reportedly threatened Alexandra’s brother when he too told him that his sister was moving on.

A month before Alexandra’s murder, she told her brother that she was afraid of what Pugh might do to her, he testified.

Ducsay died from blunt force trauma and the suspected murder weapon is one of Alexndra’s trophies that went missing on the day of the murder, the Post reports.

Pugh was arrested and charged with the homicide back in 2012 and is being held on $2 million bond.

Read the full Connecticut Post story here.

Read the full New Haven Register story here.