UPDATE: New Details, Motive Emerge in Missing Easton Couple's Murder

By WENDY ANN MITCHELL and Brian McCready

Rich Scinto contributed to this story.

See the full timeline of events below

Kyle Navin, 27, was addicted to heroin, owed his parents $133,000 for his house in Bridgeport, and he was being cut out of his parents will.

All of the above set off what investigators describe as a murderous plot involving Navin and his girlfriend Jennifer Valiante, 31, of Westport, according to an arrest warrant obtained by the Connecticut Post on Saturday.

August 4 was the last day anyone had seen Easton’s Jeffrey Navin, 56, and his wife Jeanette Navin, 55, before they mysteriously disappeared.

That mystery came to an end on Friday.

State Police announced that they have prepared a warrant for the arrest of the Navins’ son, Kyle, 27, and he will be charged with two counts of murder.

Kyle’s girlfriend, Jennifer Valiante, 31, of Westport, was charged Friday night for her alleged role in the murder of Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin. Specifics of her alleged involvement have not been released.

Valiante was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and first-degree hindering prosecution.

Possible Motive?

Two weeks before Jeanette Navin disappeared she told a friend she was fed up with her son over his drug addiction and failure to pay them back, the warrant states. Jeanette Navin said they planned to remove their son from the will and cut him off financially.

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 obtained by the Connecticut Post.

Another text between the two states, “It would solve every single problem and give us a wealthy amazing life.”

The Search

Investigators searched throughout the state for months looking for the Navins and law enforcement said early on that Kyle Navin was a “person of interest” in the disappearance of his parents. The search included a Putnam landfill.

But on Thursday, Oct. 29, the owner of 89 Norfield Road in Weston went to police and said officers needed to check something suspicious on his property.

The bodies were discovered by two workers as they found a blue tarp with duct tape under a pile of brush, the Connecticut Post reports.

The property had been unoccupied for the past 10 years. By Friday afternoon it was confirmed that the remains were in fact the missing couple and by Friday evening a warrant was prepared for Kyle Navin’s arrest on murder charges.

The warrant has not yet been served on Kyle Navin because he was ordered held on unrelated federal weapons charges on Friday afternoon. His bond was set at $2.5 million.

Valiante, 31, was held on a $2 million bond pending her court date of Nov. 2.

Police said the Navin family is asking for privacy at this time.

Below is a timeline of events related to the investigation, according to court documents:

Aug. 4

• Last time the couple was seen. Last text conversation between Kyle and Jeffrey Navin. Jeffrey told Kyle he didn’t want to go home because he thought he would be framed.
• Security cameras capture video of someone driving Jeffrey Navin’s garbage truck on Center Road in Easton toward Jeffrey and Jeanette’s residence. Cameras capture a vehicle driven by Kyle Navin’s girlfriend following closely behind the truck. About 29 minutes later, security camera captures video of the vehicle of Kyle Navin’s girlfriend driving away from the Navin residence.

Aug. 5

• Kyle Navin purchases bleach, drain opener, Goo Gone stain remover and cleanup bags from Home Depot at 8:36 p.m. Police find this receipt in a search of his home a week later.

Aug. 7

• Annie Navin, Jeffrey Navin’s sister-in-law, reported the couple missing.

Aug. 9

• Police find the Navin’s car in a commuter parking lot off Exit 42 off of the Merritt Parkway. The passenger side window of their pickup truck was broken and there were shards of glass on the ground.

Aug. 10

• Easton police request assistance from the Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crime Squad.

Aug. 13

• Police search Kyle Navin’s Bridgeport home and seize two firearms and numerous rounds of ammunition.
• Police release a statement from the family stating financial issues are not a factor in their disappearance. The couple was reportedly more than $2 million in debt on a home they owned in Guilford.

Aug. 18

• Police begin to search a Putnam landfill for the Navins’ remains.

Aug. 19

• Second search of Kyle Navin’s home turns up numerous heroin brand-stamped glassine baggies with heroin residue, hypodermic needles, empty prescription bottles for oxycodone and prescription bottles containing other controlled substances.
• Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crime Squad take over the investigation.

Aug. 22

• Police find a bullet hole and some blood in one of the Navin’s vehicles
• The Connecticut Post reported that the Kyle Navin was missing, however The Hour reported that he was staying with friends in Westport. According to police, Kyle was the last person to see the couple.

Sept. 8

• Kyle Navin is arrested and detained on federal gun charges.

Sept. 17

• A federal grand jury in Bridgeport indicted Kyle Navin with one count of possession of a firearm by an individual who is an unlawful user of and addicted to any controlled substance.

Sept. 24

• Kyle Navin ​files plea in court: “Not Guilty” to the charge of possession of a firearm by an individual who is an unlawful user of and addicted to any controlled substance.

​Oct. 8

• Police use cadaver dogs to search the Navin’s Easton rental property​
• Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin’s landlords Rob Hennessey and Patrice Barrett file to evict them for non-payment of rent
• Tri-Town Teachers Federal Credit Union files lawsuit against Kyle Nevin for his parents unpaid loans. Jeanette Navi was a teacher at Weston Intermediate School.

​Oct. 29

• Police receive a tip from Westport resident regarding remains at his Weston home on Norfield Road
• Police search property and discover human remains, two bodies

Oct. 30

• U.S. Prosecutors name Kyle Navin as a suspect in the likely murder of his parents.​
• Kyle Navin will be charged with the murder of his parents, while his girlfriend was charged for her alleged role in the murders.

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