Crime & Safety
Father Admits To Smothering Danbury Philanthropist's Granddaughter, Police Say: Report
Seven-year-old Gabrielle Hord was found dead in her father's New Rochelle home in June .

DANBURY, CT — The father of 7-year-old Gabrielle White admitted to smothering his own daughter with a pillow to police, according to a report from the News Times. The granddaughter of Danbury philantrhopist Noel Hord was smothered after Neil White said he did not want her to grow up in a broken home.
Noel Hord's daughter Michelle Hord-White had sent divorce papers to her husband one day before the June slaying. White was held without bail on a murder charge.
The Hord Foundation has given more than $4.5 million in college scholarships to African-American students since 1993.
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