A Connecticut man was arrested within the homicide and dismemberment of his 11-month-old daughter after a two-week manhunt, in response to police.
Christopher Francisquini, 31, was taken into custody Friday afternoon at a bus cease in Waterbury, Connecticut, police sprint digicam footage from the Waterbury Police Division reveals. Police have been alerted to his location by a neighborhood member who mentioned he acknowledged Francisquini on the cease and known as in a tip.
Native police and the FBI had been looking for him because the physique of his toddler daughter, Camilla, was discovered Nov. 18 in his residence in Naugatuck, a city about 17 miles northwest of New Haven. The child had been choked, stabbed and dismembered, authorities mentioned.
Police mentioned Francisquini was wished as a suspect and faces fees of homicide with particular circumstance and danger of harm to a minor. They haven’t launched a motive within the killing.
“Nothing can ease the ache that the household’s experiencing as the results of this tragic loss of a kid taken from them far too quickly, however we hope that they’ll breathe simpler figuring out that this violent felony has been taken into custody and he’s off the streets,” Naugatuck Police Chief Colin McAllister mentioned at a press convention.
Camilla was laid to relaxation a final week. She would have celebrated her first birthday Saturday, the Naugatuck Police Division mentioned, and a vigil is deliberate for her Saturday night. Group members have been requested to put on pink and show pink lights round city for her birthday.
Police mentioned Francisquini obtained into an argument with Camilla’s mom after the killing. He then eliminated a court-ordered GPS gadget he was sporting whereas on home arrest for a earlier cost and destroyed his mobile phone, authorities mentioned.
McAllister mentioned the neighborhood member who reported seeing Francisquini on the bus cease on Friday had been following protection of the incident. A reward provided by the FBI for info resulting in Francisquini’s arrest and conviction was raised in latest days to $25,000 from $10,000.
Francisquini was on parole for a 2012 home assault conviction, police mentioned, and courtroom information present he was additionally out on bail in pending instances for carjacking, housebreaking, assault and different crimes. McAllister mentioned bail was set at $5 million on this case.
Francisquini is predicted to look in courtroom Monday morning, McAllister mentioned.
Contributing: Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY
