Recently freed sex offender to be charged in womans murder

[LiberalNation]

Another tragic preventable death.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080331/...5VxGkREWZvzwcF

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - A sex offender recently freed from prison was arrested in the death of a woman abducted while visiting a friend, police said Monday. The friend was shot and seriously wounded.

The body of MaryEllen Welsh, 62, was found in a wooded area of Bristol, about 10 miles from New Britain, where she was abducted Sunday. She had apparently been shot, New Britain police said.

Authorities arrested Leslie Williams, 31, when he crashed Welsh's car in Watertown after a police chase about five hours after the home invasion.

Williams has been charged with attempted murder, robbery, kidnapping with a firearm and other crimes connected with what happened to Larese, Pearson said. He said police were preparing to charge him in connection with crimes against Welsh. Williams was expected to be in court on Monday.

Pearson said it appears Williams acted alone in what he called a "crime of opportunity." Police said Welsh had been undergoing treatment for cancer and had a port in her chest.

Williams was released March 4 from the medium-security Osborne Correctional Institution in Somers after serving eight years in prison for convictions in 2000 of sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor, according to state Department of Correction records.

Brian Garnett, a correction spokesman, said Monday that Williams was disciplined twice in prison for making threats, once for violating provisions of a program there, and once for tampering with security.

According to the state sex offender registry, he lives in Hartford.

[Lizabeth]

This is just one of the few that made the papers and is particulary horrible. You would be shocked to know what and who is living among you and is on community supervision. Especially the sex offenders.

States put together these "Megan's" laws to quickly and did not think. Sex offenders do not just prey upon children. The crime stats on women over the age of 60 that are raped and murdered is staggering.

Very sad, very sad that becasue the perpetraitor was to dangerous to be under community supervision. Probation Officers in most states do not have arrest authority and it can take months to return someone to jail. Parole Agents it is a little faster. But case loads are huge for both of these officers. Impossible to watch them all.

[5stringJeff]

If a sex offender is still a threat to society, why was he let out?