RIDGEFIELD, Conn. (TCN) — A 31-year-old man has been arrested and faces murder charges after his 83-year-old father was found dead and so badly mutilated that his organs were outside of his body.
On Saturday, Aug. 3, Ridgefield Police Department officers responded to a home on Powderhorn Drive regarding a domestic incident and found a deceased man inside. Police arrested Steven James Uricchio at the scene on suspicion of murder.
Connecticut Insider identified the victim as Marc Uricchio. The medical examiner determined his cause of death to be sharp force and blunt force injuries to his head, neck, torso, and other body parts. His manner of death was ruled a homicide.
Marc Uricchio’s killing reportedly marks the first homicide in the city since 2003.
A police report cited by Connecticut Insider reportedly says police found a bloody filet knife at the scene, as well as blood on the walls and stairs.
According to the Danbury News-Times, Steven Uricchio called police and said he hurt his father. He reportedly told the first officers who got to the home that he “murdered him really, really badly.” Officers found Marc Uricchio with severe injuries to his groin and abdomen. Some of his internal organs were reportedly taken out of his body.
Uricchio was taken into custody, then hospitalized because he said he consumed a quarter of a bottle of Advil. He told doctors he was prescribed medication, but had not taken it “in a month or two.”
The Danbury News-Times reports Uricchio’s attorney, Willie Dow, told the judge Uricchio was “of a limited nature” and he was “concerned about my client’s mental health.” Dow said Uricchio has a “significant mental health history” and should be on suicide watch.
Uricchio appeared in court Monday and reportedly did not stand up for parts of his hearing. Photos show him with the top half of his body placed on the table with his head turned to face the wall.
Uricchio will undergo a competency evaluation. He is currently in custody with bond set at $1.5 million.
Dow said Marc Uricchio’s killing was a “tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.”
MORE:
- Untimely Death – Ridgefield Police Department
- Murder in Ridgefield of 83-year-old was town’s 1st homicide since 2003: ‘Shocking’ for ‘safe’ town – Connecticut Insider
- Ridgefield man charged in his dad’s homicide admitted ‘I murdered him,’ police report says – Danbury News-Times
