Overview

• A Milford Superior Court judge imposed a 65-year term on Jose Morales for the 2019 killing of Christine Holloway, with a consecutive five-year sentence for evidence tampering.
• Prosecutors said Morales struck Holloway in the head, left her body in a bathtub and spent 37 hours cleaning up and disposing of bloody evidence.
• Judge Shari Murphy described Morales as a significant threat to society and emphasized the need to remove him from the community.
• Ansonia police are reviewing trial transcripts for fresh leads and have issued an age-progressed portrait of Vanessa, who would now be six years old.
• Holloway’s family delivered emotional victim statements at sentencing and continue to appeal for public help in locating Vanessa.