EAST LYME, Conn. (AP) - Authorities say a Connecticut man fatally stabbed his girlfriend multiple times in the hotel room they shared after she said she wanted to break up.
Avery Hallbrooks, of East Lyme, was held on $2 million bond at his court appearance Wednesday.
The victim, 25-year-old Corina Zukowski, of East Lyme, was found suffering from stab wounds Monday night in a room at the Starlight Inn in the Niantic section of town.
She was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Police arrested the 28-year-old Avery Hallbrooks on Tuesday.
Prosecutors say the couple had been dating and had one child together. Zukowski had three children total.
Hallbrooks told police that one of Zukowski’s ex-boyfriend’s stabbed her, then later said she stabbed herself while he tried to stop her.
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