Kyle Navin, Accused of Double Murder of Parents, to Undergo Psychiatric Evaluation

WESTON, CT — Kyle Navin, the man accused of killing his parents Jeffrey and Jeanette, will have his case continued so he can undergo psychiatric evaluation, according to The Connecticut Post.

The judge continued the case to Sept. 13, the paper reported. Police say Navin murdered his Easton parents for their money.

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According to court records, Kyle Navin, has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of murder with special circumstances which carries the maximum term of life in prison without release. He has been incarcerated since his arrest on Nov. 3, 2015 and held on $2.5 million bond. His girlfriend, Jennifer Valiante, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and is being held on $1 million bond.

Jeffrey Navin, 56, and his wife Jeanette Navin, 55, mysteriously disappeared on Aug. 4, 2015. Police investigators said their son Kyle is the last known person to have seen them. After a months-long investigation and search, their bodies were discovered on a vacant Weston property, under a tarp, on Oct. 29, 2015.

Texts between Kyle Navin and his girlfriend reveal that money was on his mind, the warrant states.
“We need to figure out what the best way to take them down whether it is get some money out of them somehow (expletive) him at the business the house something we got to figure out I’m got to be real smart and do it quick," Kyle Navin texted to his girlfriend, according to the arrest warrant.

Jeffrey Navin owned Westport-based J&J Refuse Company. Kyle was the operations manager, according to their website. Jeanette Navin was a paraprofessional at Weston Intermediate School. Court documents state that Kyle killed his parents after learning they planned to sell the family business and cut him out of their will.

The State’s Medical Examiner James Gill said the cause of death was gunshot wounds and that both of their deaths were homicides.

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Related:

• Girlfriend of Easton Murder Suspect Appears in Court
• Navin Murder Case Granted Continuance by Judge
• Navin Pleads Not Guilty To Murdering His Easton Parents

Read the full CT Post report here.

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