A Danbury Superior Court judge last week sentenced John Heath, 70, of Bridgewater to serve a 50-year prison sentence for murdering his wife, Elizabeth, 32, in April 1984, at their Poverty Hollow Road home in Newtown...
A 12-member jury of eight men and four woman convicted Mr Heath on October 16, following a three-week trial at which the prosecution presented more than 30 witnesses...
Meghan Heath Hawes, who was the sole defense witness at the murder trial, morally supports her father, Mr O’Reilly said. Ms. Hawes was 4 years old when the murder occurred. Raquel Figueroa Heath, who had served as Meghan’s babysitter, and then married John Heath after Elizabeth Heath had “disappeared,” spoke on behalf of her husband in court.
