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'Sesame Street' Actor's Property Caretaker Charged With Jogger's Murder

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

·Man Charged in Missing Jogger's Murder·Missing Jogger's Body Found
on Sesame Street Actor's Land
DANIELSON, Conn. - A property caretaker was charged with murder
Wednesday in the death of a jogger whose battered and bound body was
found in a shed owned by the "Sesame Street" actor who plays Big Bird.

Under the capital murder count, prosecutors can seek the death penalty
or life in prison without parole for Scott Deojay, 36.

Deojay told police he accidentally hit Judith Nilan with his car Dec.
12 and panicked, according to a sworn statement. Deojay hid her body on
puppeteer Caroll Spinney's property, where he worked as a caretaker,
according to state police, who said Spinney had no involvement.

But state police said Nilan's injuries were not consistent with being
hit by a car, and authorities ruled her death a homicide.

At a court hearing Wednesday, Deojay's bond was increased to $2 million
from $510,000, which had been set when he was charged with only
kidnapping. Prosecutor Patricia M. Froehlich declined to comment on
whether she would seek the death penalty.

Deojay's attorney, Ramon Canning, argued that Nilan's injuries might
have been inconsistent with being hit by a car but not with being run
over by a car.




Nilan, 44, a school social worker, disappeared while jogging near her
Woodstock home. A police affidavit said her body was found bound, with
her running pants pulled down, and that she appeared to have been
beaten about the head.

Deojay told police he dragged her into his car after hitting her and
only tied the rope around her to hoist her into the shed, according to
an affidavit.

Canning said that explains the bound wrists and ankles and how her
pants came down. He argued that police added those details "because
they want to be sensational" and said they should have described the
investigation as a vehicular homicide with an attempt to hide the body.

Deojay wasn't immediately charged with murder because of questions
about jurisdiction. Nilan's body was found on a part of Spinney's
property that straddles the state lines of Connecticut and
Massachusetts. Massachusetts officials agreed to let Connecticut handle
the charges.

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:27:39 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:

Mule wrote:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179447,00.html


'Sesame Street' Actor's Property Caretaker Charged With Jogger's Murder

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

·Man Charged in Missing Jogger's Murder·Missing Jogger's Body Found
on Sesame Street Actor's Land
DANIELSON, Conn. - A property caretaker was charged with murder
Wednesday in the death of a jogger whose battered and bound body was
found in a shed owned by the "Sesame Street" actor who plays Big Bird.


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