Police Employ Cadaver Dogs in Missing Easton Couple Case

A cadaver dog was used on Thursday by Connecticut State Police to search the woods behind Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin‘s Easton home, according to the Hartford Courant.

The Navins have been missing since Aug. 4 and police have named their son Kyle Navin as a person of interest in the case.

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Patch reported earlier this month that Kyle Navin has been detained in federal prison on gun charges stemming from the investigation into his parents’ disappearance. He was arrested on a federal criminal complaint that charged him with possession of a firearm by an individual who is an unlawful user of, or addicted to, any controlled substance.

Investigators conducted a court-authorized search of Kyle Navin’s Bridgeport home on Aug. 13 and seized two firearms and numerous rounds of ammunition from his bedroom.

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A second search on August 19, 2015 turned up numerous heroin brand-stamped glassine baggies with heroin residue, hypodermic needles, empty prescription bottles for oxycodone and prescription bottles containing other controlled substances, federal officials said.

Click here to read more on The Hartford Courant.

Related:

• [UPDATE] Kyle Navin, Son of Missing Easton Couple, Files Plea in Court Thursday
• Timeline: 38 Days Missing and Still No Sign of Easton Couple
• Arrest Affidavit Reveals Shocking New Details in Missing Easton Couple Case
• UPDATE] Missing Easton Couple’s Son Arrested After Feds Found Gun, Drugs in Home
• Source: Missing Easton Couple’s Vehicle Contained Bullet Hole and Blood
• Search of Landfill Offers No Clues in Easton Couple’s Disappearance
• Son Of Missing Easton Couple Is Now Also Missing
• Update: Police Search Bridgeport Home in Connection With Missing Easton Couple Case
• Family of Missing Easton Couple Says Money Not a Factor in Disappearance
• Police Searching for Missing Easton Couple

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