HARTFORD — The Windsor Locks man charged with killing Simsbury mother Melissa Millan as she jogged down a busy trail in Simsbury in 2014 rejected a plea deal Tuesday that would have sent him to prison for 35 years.
William Winters Leverett, 29, has been incarcerated on $2 million bail since his arrest in 2018 for murder. He appeared before Superior Court Judge Shelia M. Prats via a video link from the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield.
Clad in a yellow jumpsuit, Leverett offered short answers to Prats' questions about the deal, which Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Vicki Melchiorre said included 10 years of special parole after the 35-year prison term.