Manslaughter Charge Filed In Bolton Lakes Fatal Stabbing Incident

BOLTON, CT — A Bolton man told state police he stabbed his neighbor out of fear of being stabbed himself, according to a warrant in the case of a fatal incident in October near Lower Bolton Lake.

State police released a warrant in the case Tuesday after a first-degree manslaughter charge was filed against 68-year-old Robert Robbins. He was taken into custody Wednesday, held overnight on a $100,000 bond and was to be arraigned in Rockville Superior Court Tuesday.

At 7:50 p.m. on Oct. 11, state police received a call from Robbins from his apartment building on the 800 block of Boston Turnpike. Robbins said he had just stabbed a neighbor named Travis, according to a warrant. When state police arrived at the scene, they located 39-year-old Travis Terry on the floor of his apartment in a puddle of blood, according to a warrant. He had been stabbed once in the abdomen, according to a warrant.

Troopers and an EMS crew first rendered aid to Terry, and he was then taken to Manchester Memorial Hospital at 9:06 p.m., according to a warrant.

Terry was pronounced dead at the hospital 10 minutes later, according to a warrant. Eastern District Major Crime Detectives responded and assumed the investigation.

According t0 testimony outlined in a warrant, Robbins told investigators he was watching television with Terry. Terry took a folding knife from his pocket in order to demonstrate how it worked and then, according to Robbins, said he could cut Robbins' throat with it, according to a warrant.

Robbins then told investigators that, out of fear he was going to be stabbed himself, he retrieved a steak knife from Terry's kitchen and stabbed Terry with it.