Overview

• The Connecticut medical examiner ruled Shane DeJongh’s 2023 death a homicide, citing cardiac arrhythmia following a physical altercation with blunt head and neck injuries.
• The autopsy documented head contusions, a left ear abrasion, a subdural hemorrhage, a neck hemorrhage and a perimortem fracture of the left superior cornu of the thyroid cartilage.
• Cheshire detectives, assisted by Connecticut State Police, report multiple interviews and extensive forensic analysis, yet no arrests or charges have been announced.
• DeJongh’s family says they were initially told he likely died of natural causes; he was found in bed the next morning still wearing the clothes from the night before.
• The civil suit filed in spring naming girlfriend Natasha Vadasz was withdrawn last week to add DeJongh’s daughter as a plaintiff and another defendant, as property records show Vadasz later sold the home and moved out of state.