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Police: Two Cold Cases May Be Linked

New Britain and New York Police To Discuss Cases Tuesday

By Anjuli Porter

| Saturday, Sep 19, 2009 | Updated 12:45 PM EDT

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New Britain Police are hoping for a break in a 14-year-old homicide and plan a news conference Tuesday in Albany, N.Y.

The cases have been cold for over 14 years, but police are hoping for a break in two unsolved murders in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The first murder happened in September 1995 when police discovered a woman’s body behind the Brittany West Plaza in New Britain. Authorities said she had been killed by a single gunshot wound to the head, her body wrapped in a sleeping bag.

The second case from Tolland, Massachusetts where a woman’s body was found near the entrance to the Tolland State Forest just a month later in October 1995.

Neither of the bodies were ever identified but police think the two cases may be linked. New Britain Police Detectives and Massachusetts State Police detectives think the two women might have lived or spent time in the Albany, N.Y. area and could somehow be related.

New Britain Police Lt. James Wardwell said, “These cases are moving in a positive direction after all these years,” and added the two police agencies will be joined by New York State Troopers Tuesday for a press conference in Albany to discuss evidence they’ve collected, including photographs of the victims’ clothing and their possessions.

Wardell hopes that by displaying some of the evidence, people with knowledge of the crimes or the women will come forward.

He said police never stopped investigating the case and are hoping a break in one case can help them solve both.