Simsbury Jogger's Killer Sentenced To Decades In Prison: Reports

SIMSBURY, CT — William Leverett of Windsor Locks has been sentenced to 35 years in prison followed by 7 years of supervised release for the 2014 killing of 54-year-old Simsbury resident Melissa Millan, according to reports.

Leverett, 30, was sentenced in Hartford Superior Court on Tuesday, the Journal Inquirer reported. His prison sentence was agreed on by both sides when he pleaded guilty to her murder in March, the newspaper said.

In November 2014, Millan was stabbed to death while jogging on Iron Horse Boulevard in Simsbury.

The case remained unsolved for nearly four years, until Leverett confessed in September 2018 by walking into the Simsbury Police Department and telling officers he stabbed her in the chest, the Hartford Courant reported.

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In interviews at the police headquarters, according to another Journal Inquirer story, Leverett said he was on Iron Horse Boulevard the night of Millan's death when he spotted the woman and was physically attracted to her.

He told police "something compelled him that he couldn't explain" — he described being angry that she was "out of his league" and he couldn't "have her" — which led him to confront and attack her, according to the Journal Inquirer.

During Leverett's sentencing on Tuesday, Judge David P. Gold described Millan — a mother of two and an executive at MassMutual — as "the glue that held the family together," the Journal Inquirer reported.

Prosecutor Vicki Melchiorre called the case "sad and scary," Fox 61 reported, and said it could happen to anyone.

"It is everyone's worst nightmare because there's no way to protect yourself against this type of crime," she told Fox 61. "I am grateful for the fact the defendant confessed. At least the victim's family will have closure after eight years of waiting."

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