A normally busy stretch of Iron Horse Boulevard in Simsbury is closed as part of the investigation into the death of an insurance executive stabbed and killed there last November, according to police.
Police and FBI agents have returned to the area where Melissa Millan, a 54-year-old Simsbury mother and senior vice president at Mass Mutual Insurance, was killed on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 and they are raking leaves and using metal detectors to look for evidence.
She had been jogging along Iron Horse Boulevard, between Phelps Lane and Pent Road, when she was stabbed, according to police.
Someone found Millan lying on the street around 8 p.m. that night. An ambulance rushed Millan to Saint Francis Hospital, where she died a short time later, according to police.
Police originally thought Millan was the victim of a hit-and-run, but the medical examiner determined her death was a homicide.
The FBI has been involved in the investigation since it began, and officials said an FBI evidence response team is assisting Monday.
In June, police said a $40,000 reward would be offered for information leading to an arrest in the case, but police said on Monday that have not received any calls with information and the reward is still active.
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Authorities have not said who offered the reward money. The source is anonymous.
Officials said on Monday the investigation on Iron Horse Boulevard is connected to Millan's death, but have not said what led the investigation to return to the site nearly a year later.
"The investigation, as well as the support and assistance from other law enforcement agencies has been continuous. The investigation has led us back to Iron Horse Boulevard. Today and through upcoming days, we'll have the assistance of the FBI evidence response team for an extended search of the area," Chief Peter Ingvertsen said. "Simsbury is a very safe community I emphasize this again."
The road will be closed all of Monday, and possibly on Tuesday as well.
Police ask anyone with information to call Simsbury detectives as 860-658-3145.
