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01/22/2024
Judge Sentences Jason Watson to 30 Years in Prison for August 2019 Murder of Perrie Mason in Meriden
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(New Haven, CT) – John P. Doyle, Jr., State's Attorney for the New Haven Judicial District, announced that the Honorable Gerald L. Harmon today sentenced Jason Watson, age 41, of Meriden, to 30 years in prison for the 2019 murder of Perrie Mason in Meriden.
Watson pleaded guilty on November 27, 2023 in New Haven Superior Court to a charge of Murder in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-54a.
Ms. Mason was reported missing on August 18, 2019. On August 21, 2019, investigators found the remains of her charred body in the area of Bay State Textiles in Waterbury where Watson had been employed.
Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Stacey M. Miranda and Assistant State’s Attorney Alexander C. Beck prosecuted the case. State’s Attorney Doyle wishes to extend his condolences to the family of Ms. Mason and his gratitude to the Meriden Police Department, the Connecticut State Police and the Waterbury Police Department for their investigative efforts in this case.