Gearing up to 'Stand Up' for Nick Parisot

Today outside the  from around 12 to 4 p.m., four Wilton women organized a table with a signature sheet, flyers and green ribbons to raise awareness for the 2008 tragic death of 13-year-old which has been ruled a homicide and is still an open investigation. Today, June 28, Parisot would have been 17.

Sheets of signatures were rapidly being filled as passer-bys listened to the four women—Jennifer Ward, Allison Cross, Christine Foley and Julie Carney—tell the tale, if they hadn’t known it already, of Parisot’s untimely death. Signatures were accepted by everyone, Wilton resident or not.

Pariost was killed on June 13, 2008. He was driving a motorbike on trails behind Nod Hill when he struck a rope that had been

Carney, who has been spearheading the new efforts to raise awareness, said that the fledgling “Stand Up for Nick” campaign was an effort to bring closure to the case, . Carney said that “Stand Up for Nick” is trying to bring “closure and peace” to the Parisot family and the many affected by the teenager’s death.

Signatures will be used to inform those who signed of a letter-writing campaign to the state attorney’s office in an effort to revitalize the case. 

“There are people with information who have not stepped forward,” the “Stand Up for Nick” flyer states.  “We feel that it is time for the public to take a stand. These ribbons are out first step at showing our support.” 

The ribbons, small, green, and clipped in a loop by a gold pin, are also pine scented. 

The green color and scent symbolizes “fresh pine grass, and represents green in several senses,” said Carney. She said that Parisot loved the outdoors and preferred nature to video games. 

A double-sided, four-paged packet which included a recent Wilton Bulletin letter from Nick's mother, Kate Throckmorton; a Wilton Bulletin op-ed from Carney; a recent Wilton Villager article on a student-led nature walk in Parisot’s memory; and Heather Borden Herve’s Patch “” op-ed along with comments from Patch readers, was also distributed.

Carney said that those who want to be involved with the letter writing campaign, or who want to be involved with the “Stand Up for Nick” movement, to contact the group at standup4nick@gmail.com. The group’s first meeting was just last week and seeks to be even more active in the near future.