Crime & Safety
Kyle Navin Appears in Court for Pre-Trial Hearing for Double Murder Charge
Navin is accused of murdering his Easton parents for money to fund a reported $600 a day heroin habit. His trial has been continued.
WESTON, CT-- Kyle Navin, the Bridgeport man accused of murdering his Easton parents, appeared in court today for a pre-trial hearing.
According to Connecticut court records, Navin's next hearing has been scheduled for May 24, 2016.
Kyle Navin, 27, of Bridgeport, is accused of shooting and killing his parents, Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin, of Easton. Navin pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Navin's girlfriend, Jennifer Valiante, 31, of Westport also pleaded not guilty in November to conspiracy charges in relation to the deaths of her boyfriend’s parents, according to the Hartford Courant. She has denied having any involvement in the murders.
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, Oct. 29.
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, 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 their the cause of death was gunshot wounds and that both of their deaths were homicides.
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