A person who’s accused of following his 70-year-old former mother-in-law residence from a mall and killing her with a baseball bat outdoors her Trumbull condo has been charged with homicide.
Police stated Ylli Shtopaku, 45, of Norwalk, attacked 70-year-old Lida Form, outdoors the Ten-Trumbull condo advanced after she returned residence with an acquaintance on Monday afternoon.
Shtopaku informed police that he blamed Form for his divorce, in accordance with the arrest warrant.
Police responded to the condo advanced after they acquired a number of 911 calls simply after 12:30 p.m. Monday from residents reporting {that a} man was attacking a girl outdoors the primary workplace constructing close to the doorway and officers.
Once they arrived, they discovered Form severely injured. EMS declared her useless at 12:55 p.m., in accordance with the arrest warrant.
Shtopaku informed police that he noticed his former mother-in-law and one other former relative whereas he was on the meals court docket at Trumbull Mall to order pizza and hen wings for his kids to have after they got here residence from faculty and so they made eye contact, however didn’t converse. After that, he adopted them from the mall to the condo constructing, in accordance with the arrest warrant.
Whereas investigating, police discovered surveillance video that confirmed Shtopaku pull up behind the rideshare that Form arrived residence in and name out to her and the opposite particular person along with her after they received out of the car. Then he grabbed a baseball bat from his trunk as they walked away from him, and he ran previous the acquaintance and hit Form with the bar, in accordance with the arrest warrant.
Shtopaku informed police that he blamed his mother-in-law for his divorce, shedding his home in Monroe and the truth that he doesn’t have any cash, the warrant says.
He stated he informed Form that she has killed him his entire life and he has killed her as soon as, then he dropped the bat and waited for police to reach, in accordance with the arrest warrant.
Shtopaku was charged with homicide and he’s being held on a $3 million bond. He appeared in court docket and his bond quantity stays the identical.
Shtopaku’s lawyer stated his shopper informed him he just lately that he’d had a stroke.
Detectives are persevering with to analyze and interviewing different members of the family and witnesses. Anybody with info is requested to contact the Trumbull Police at (203) 261-3665.
