Father Accused of Beating His 12-Year-Old Son to Death with a Baseball Bat

The Connecticut man told police he heard voices telling him not to let his son “get away with” disrespectful behavior

  • A Connecticut man is accused of beating his 12-year-old son to death with a baseball bat
  • Anthony Andrew Esposito Jr., 52, was charged with murder with special circumstances and a criminal attempt to commit murder after the death of his son on May 1
  • Esposito allegedly told police that he heard voices telling him not to let his son “get away with” disrespectful behavior

A Connecticut man is accused of beating his 12-year-old son to death with a baseball bat and attempting to kill his 16-year-old daughter.

According to a statement from police in Branford — located just east of New Haven — 52-year-old Anthony Andrew Esposito Jr. was charged with murder with special circumstances and a criminal attempt to commit murder after the death of his son on Thursday, May 1.

According to a police report obtained by The Hartford Courant and Stamford Advocate, police responded to a condo on Hemlock Road at around 4 p.m. local time after a woman called to say she believed that Esposito had killed someone in his home.

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