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Pastimes : Murder Mystery: Who Killed Yale Student Suzanne Jovin? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (815)	8/4/2000 8:42:31 AM
From: VivB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1397

Jeff, Have there been any new leads in the Jovin case? How did the flyer posting go? How can any work get done at the police department with all the time spent on the Internal Investigation? Viv

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (815)	9/5/2000 11:22:13 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Respond to of 1397

Re: 8/23/00 - Longtime detective dies of cancer at 53 Longtime detective dies of cancer at 53 William Kaempffer, Register Staff August 23, 2000 DiLullo joined the department in 1971 and was transferred to the detective bureau two years later, working in investigative services since. "He’s one of the finest police officers I’ve known over the years," said police Chief Melvin H. Wearing. "He was just truly a class act, personally as well as professionally." Flags outside Police Headquarters at 1 Union Ave. flew at half-staff Tuesday after officials announced the death over the police radio, followed by a moment of silence. Those who knew him described DiLullo as a good family man and top-rate investigator who treated victims and suspects alike with dignity and respect. He served as one of the lead investigators in dozens of difficult cases, including the 1998 slaying of Yale student Suzanne Jovin. Retired Detective Thomas A. Trocchio, his friend and former partner, worked on the Jovin case and a myriad of others with DiLullo. "There were a lot of cases," said Trocchio, who retired last years and now is an inspector with the Chief State’s Attorney’s office. "He always cared about the New Haven Police Department and especially investigative services. "He was a gentleman. He was a wonderful family man. I’m proud to say he was a colleague and a friend — a very valued and cherished friend." DiLullo was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. Despite a grim prognosis, friends said, he battled the disease and returned to work at the department. Even recently, he spoke of taking the sergeant’s exam to become a supervisor in the detective bureau. "He could have stayed at home but he chose to come to work every day," Wearing said. "He continued to work on the Jovin case. I want to give him a lot of personal gratitude." DiLullo’s condition worsened early this week. He died at the Hospital of St. Raphael at noon Tuesday. During DiLullo’s career, he worked in the department’s street crime unit, intelligence division and general investigations, excelling in each, Wearing said. "Tony represented the brightest side of the policeman’s badge," said Robert Lawlor, another former colleague and friend. He recalled a case he worked in the late 1970s where a 6-year-old girl was murdered. Looking at the picture, tears began streaming from DiLullo’s eyes. "He said, ‘I’ve got two daughters. I can tell you this, we’re going to solve this one," Lawlor recalled. It took 18 months but the detectives made the arrest. Said Lt. William White, a long-time colleague: "I know one thing. He’ll be missed by everybody." ©New Haven Register 2000 zwire.com

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (815)	9/11/2000 12:49:57 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1397

Re: 9/8/00 - Wearing, Pastore testify in evidence case Wearing, Pastore testify in evidence case William Kaempffer, Register Staff September 08, 2000 NEW HAVEN — The police chief and his predecessor have been added to the list of witnesses testifying before a state grand jury investigating allegations of misconduct in the police department. Police Chief Melvin H. Wearing and former police Chief Nicholas Pastore both have taken the witness stand in New Britain, sources close to the investigation said. Their names are added to a growing list of former and current New Haven police officers testifying as the grand jury attempts to determine whether police here may have intentionally hid evidence from North Haven detectives investigating a 1996 murder. After more than four months of witnesses, the process appears to be drawing to a close as primary figures in the growing controversy appear in court. In recent weeks, New Haven detectives Stephen G. Coppola and Edwin Rodriguez also testified at the hearing. They are not believed to be targets of the probe. In February 1998, Coppola and Rodriguez took the police statement that is at the center of the growing controversy. The two detectives questioned a possible witness to the unsolved 1996 murder of Philip S. Cusick. In the audiotaped conversation, the man named a possible suspect and picked him out of a series of photos provided by the detectives. But New Haven police never forwarded the information to North Haven detectives handling the case. Capt. Brian Sullivan, then head of detectives, ordered Coppola and Rodriguez to halt the investigation per order of the police chief, officers told internal affairs investigators. Wearing has denied ever telling Sullivan to halt the investigation and said supervisors often invoked his name to give strength to orders. Today, the murder remains unsolved. The tape of the statement is now missing. And a transcript of the interview languished in Sgt. Edward Kendall’s desk for some two years before resurfacing early this year when State’s Attorney Michael Dearington launched an investigation. At the time, Kendall was second-in-command in the bureau. In April, a three-judge panel approved the investigative grand jury at Dearington’s request. Wearing Wednesday would "neither confirm nor deny" that he testified before the grand jury. On May 30, he placed Sullivan and Sgt. Edward Kendall on paid leave. Pastore, who testified last week, also declined comment. He was chief of the department in 1996 when Cusick was killed. Police believe Cusick was a passenger in a car when a drug dealer shot him in New Haven Nov. 5, 1996. The driver, William Clark, sped off but didn’t seek medical attention for Cusick, police said. Clark later dropped Cusick’s body outside his house in North Haven, police said. Police, however, never proved the shooting happened in New Haven, so it remained a North Haven investigation. It remained unclear Thursday if Sullivan or Kendall had testified before the grand jury. Hugh F. Keefe, Sullivan’s attorney, declined comment. Joseph M. Wicklow III, Kendall’s attorney, couldn’t be reached. Sullivan has maintained that he never intended to withhold information from North Haven police. In May, Sullivan told police internal affairs investigators that he told Kendall to forward the information, police sources said. Kendall initially told internal affairs that Sullivan in fact had issued the order, but later changed his story, stating Sullivan never had given such an order. The grand jury, which meets in a New Britain courtroom, has called in a host of police and civilian witnesses and is expected to call more than 50 people to testify before it’s done. In addition to Pastore, the grand jury called Lt. Bryan T. Norwood, Sullivan’s replacement as head of detectives. Norwood was not working at the department in 1998 when the statement was taken. ©New Haven Register 2000 zwire.com