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New Canaan Man, 20, Charged With Murder After 911 Call Confessing to Killing Mother

State investigators are assisting in a case police describe as isolated.

Overview

  • Police were dispatched around 10:36 p.m. to South Avenue and Gerdes Road after reports of a man yelling.
  • Dispatch then received a call from a Gerdes Road home in which a man said he had killed his mother.
  • Responding officers and EMS attempted life-saving measures on a female victim who was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • Sebastian Van Stockum, 20, was arrested on probable cause, charged with murder, and is being held on a $2 million bond.
  • Connecticut State Police and the Western District Major Crimes Unit are assisting, and authorities say there is no danger to the public as the investigation continues.