By Neal McNamara

MILFORD >> Six people died here in the last 40 years whose killers got away.
The six were a Bridgeport politician, a car salesman, a dismembered Asian male wrapped in a rug, a dismembered Hispanic man in a canvas bag, a 34-year-old from East Haven, and a 22-year-old from East Hartford.
These six killings are the only ones too vexing to solve among the approximately 50 slayings in Milford since the 1950s. But law enforcement officials say a case is never too old, and that detectives are constantly working on open homicides.

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Survivors of Homicide announced the following upcoming support group meetings:

Southington: Tuesday, July 16 at 7 p.m. at the Southington Care Center located at 45 Meriden Ave. This month we will be discussing allowing yourself to express your grief without remorse or embarrassment. We often never think twice about providing support to a stranger to allow them to freely express their grief, but do we allow ourselves to do the same? Please feel free to share your own thoughts or ideas.

New London: Tuesday, July 16 at 7 p.m. at the L&M Hospital in Conference Room 3.

New Haven: Wednesday, July 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the NH Adult Education Center located at 580 Ella Grasso Blvd. We will be discussing taking grief one day at a time.

Newtown: Thursday, July 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Newtown Congregational Church located at 14 West St. We will be discussing accepting our grief and ways to help us during our darkest moments.

By Evan Lips

Register Staff

BRANFORD >> Weeks after Crouch Road resident John Deveau, 61, was declared missing, court records show police arrested a man who lives next door after he allegedly broke into Deveau’s house and stole his prescription painkillers.
But police say the man they arrested in the theft of the painkillers, Thomas Chester Malinka, 43, who resides in a small house at 33 Crouch Road, Unit D, is not considered a suspect in Deveau’s disappearance.
Malinka was arrested June 10 and charged with burglary, larceny, possession of narcotics and use and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $500,000.
Adding to the mystery, Deveau went missing in the spring after he reported being the victim of an ATM larceny.

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