Convicted Sex Offender Detained After Visiting Nurse Found Dead In Halfway House Basement

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A convicted sex offender is the prime suspect in the murder of a visiting nurse who was found dead in the basement of the Connecticut halfway house where he was living, according to authorities.

Michael C. Reese is currently facing drug paraphernalia possession and larceny charges for having the victim’s credit cards and car key but soon may face much more serious offenses. Family members of the nurse, who has not been named, called police to report her missing after she failed to return from an appointment with Reese at a halfway house in Willimantic on Saturday morning.

The appointment was only supposed to last eight minutes, but the GPS tracker said her phone was still there nearly four hours later, according to a probable cause arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime. Its tracker shut off shortly before noon. The nurse had also missed all her subsequent appointments.

Officers responded to the home but no one answered. The nurse’s car also was not there. Police learned Reese, who was on probation and was a sex offender with “violent tendencies,” was living at the halfway house, which was designed to reintegrate sex offenders into society. Officers called Reese’s probation officer, who told them his ankle bracelet was showing he was located inside the home and hadn’t shown any signs of tampering.

Meanwhile, police located the nurse’s car at a nearby business and a K-9 dog led officers back to the halfway house. Investigators received a call around 3:20 p.m. from the probation officer who said Reese’s ankle bracelet was being tampered with. An officer saw Reese running out the back door and took him into custody. He had a pairing knife, a crack pipe, three of the victim’s credit cards and the key fob for her vehicle on him, the affidavit said.

Cops then went into the home and found the nurse’s body in the basement. Reese’s violation of probation warrant describes him as a “suspect in the murder of his visiting nurse after her belongings were found on his person.” It also says GPS data shows he was located where police found the victim’s car. Reese remains in jail as police and prosecutors continue to investigate the murder.

According to records, Reese was convicted in 2007 of sexual assault in the first degree. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison but the sentence was suspended after he served 17 years. He was released on April 23, 2021. Reese was put on probation until 2031. He violated that probation on March 31, 2022, for failure to comply with treatment and substance abuse. A judge in January revoked Reese’s original sentence and sentenced him to six years in prison, but it could be suspended after six months served, along with nine years probation.

Reese was released from prison in March and entered a residential treatment program for “high-risk individuals convicted of sexual offenses.” He then transitioned to the halfway house in Willimantic after completing the program on Aug. 2.

Sex offender detained after visiting nurse found dead in halfway house basement: Cops

A convicted sex offender is the prime suspect in the murder of a visiting nurse who was found dead in the basement of a halfway house in Connecticut, according to authorities.

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[Future_Milf]

Piece of shit. Home health care isn't usually so dangerous and occupation. But, some people just don't deserve care.

 

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A convicted sex offender who murdered a visiting nurse at the Connecticut halfway house where he was living was sentenced to a half-century behind bars.

Michael Carlos Reese, 40, pleaded guilty to murder on Friday and a judge sent him to prison for 50 years in the death of 63-year-old Joyce Grayson, the State's Attorney for the Judicial District of Windham said in a press release.

Grayson, a longtime visiting nurse, went to a halfway house for sexual offenders in Willimantic on Oct. 28, 2023, to complete check-up on Reese. Instead of accepting her care, Reese strangled and beat her to death, and tried to sexually assault her.

In addition to serving as a nurse for decades, Grayson also fostered some 35 children over the years and was honored as "Foster Parent of the Year" in 2017.

Man who strangled 'saint'-like nurse to death during medical visit receives his fate

The convicted sex offender who murdered a visiting nurse at the Connecticut halfway house where he was living was sentenced to a half-century behind bars.

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Why would they ever send a female nurse alone to perform a home visit on a sex offender?