Murdered Easton Couple's Financial Records Released: Report

EASTON, Conn. — The Easton couple who police say were murdered for their money, Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin, had their financial records released by the judge of probate office in Trumbull, according to The Courant.

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According to court records, the couple's son, Kyle Navin, has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of murder with special circumstances. He has been incarcerated since his arrest on Nov. 3, 2015 and held on $2.5 million bond. His girlfriend, Jennifer Valiante, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and is being held on $1 million bond.

The Courant reports that the couple's garbage hauling company, J & J Refuse, had $759 in a checking account with Jeffrey Navin's assets and $661 in a checking account in Jeanette Navin's name. Records show Jeanette Navin had $568,000 in assets at the time of her death, while her husband's were valued at $160,000.

Jeffrey Navin, 56, and his wife Jeanette Navin, 55, mysteriously disappeared on Aug. 4, 2015. Police investigators said their son Kyle is the last known person to have seen them. After a months-long investigation and search, their bodies were discovered on a vacant Weston property, under a tarp, on Oct. 29, 2015.

Texts between Kyle Navin and his girlfriend reveal that money was on his mind, the warrant states.

“We need to figure out what the best way to take them down whether it is get some money out of them somehow (expletive) him at the business the house something we got to figure out I’m got to be real smart and do it quick," Kyle Navin texted to his girlfriend, according to the arrest warrant.

Jeffrey Navin owned Westport-based J&J Refuse Company. Kyle was the operations manager, according to their website. Jeanette Navin was a paraprofessional at Weston Intermediate School. Court documents state that Kyle killed his parents after learning they planned to sell the family business and cut him out of their will.

The State’s Medical Examiner James Gill said the cause of death was gunshot wounds and that both of their deaths were homicides.

Kyle Navin's pre-trial hearing continues on July 19 at 9:30 a.m.

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Related:

• Girlfriend of Easton Murder Suspect Appears in Court
• Navin Murder Case Granted Continuance by Judge
• Navin Pleads Not Guilty To Murdering His Easton Parents

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