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04/04/2023
Jury Finds Christopher Petteway Guilty of the 2018 Murder of Robert Parise in New London
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(New London, CT) – Paul J. Narducci, New London State’s Attorney, announced that a Superior Court jury today found Christopher Petteway guilty of Murder and Violation of a Standing Criminal Protective Order stemming from the death of Robert Parise on October 4, 2018.
Evidence from the five-day trial detailed that Petteway had traveled from Bridgeport, confronted Parise and stabbed Parise multiple times resulting in Parise’s death.
Petteway faces a maximum sentence of 70 years in prison. He is scheduled for sentencing in New London Superior Court on June 20, 2023.
“First and foremost, our thoughts are with the family of Robert Parise,” State's Attorney Narducci said. “We hope that this verdict brings them some peace after the suffering that they have endured. We also thank the New London Police Department, both the Eastern District and Western District Major Crime Squads of the Connecticut State Police, the State Division of Scientific Services, the Office of Adult Probation, the State Judicial Marshals, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Their assistance was invaluable.”
The case was prosecuted by Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Stephen M. Carney, with assistance from Inspector Stephen Burstein.