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Subscribe to RSSA man suspected of killing a jeweler in the tony town of Westport, Conn., last month and stealing $300,000-worth of diamonds has killed himself in a Spanish prison, according to The Hartford Courant.
Andrew Robert Levene, 41, of West Haven had been arrested in Spain and charged with shooting and killing 65-year-old Yekutiel Zeevi at Zeevi’s office in a shopping center on Dec. 8, after pretending to buy several diamonds.
Levene fled the U.S. on a flight from Philadelphia to the Netherlands and then went on to Spain, authorities alleged. He was arrested by Spanish national police on Monday, NBC News reported.
According to The Hartford Courant, a source said law enforcement officials in Connecticut were notified Thursday that the 41-year-old former Army Ranger had committed suicide. Authorities were trying to determine the cause of death.
Levene had training in the use of weapons, according to an affidavit and had family members in Connecticut and New York, NBCConnecticut.com reported.
Read the original story by NBCConnecticut.com
Earlier story: Spanish police arrest suspect in shooting of Conn. jeweler
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I wish more murderers would save us some money. Sorry, alleged lol.
i guess he weighed the fact that he would get either life in prison or the death penalty and just didn't see the point of either. His own guilt convicted him.
He should have fled to Portugal and became a Portuguese citizen since they don't extradite murderers....
If he were a pedophile he could have hid out in Switzerland.
Robert.... Thanks for saving us some wasted time and money. Unfortunately, you got the sequence wrong, you should have offed YOURSELF first, and saved the life of the poor guy you murdered.
Oh, and WHY did NBC need to indicate that he had been "trained in the use of weapons"? As a former Army Ranger, I would HOPE that he had been trained in the use of weapons. Peace signs and flowers don't help too much in a firefight.
Huh? He committed suicide and they are trying to determine the cause of death?
Simple spell check failure? "in the tony town of Westport, Conn" but HEY!!! one less murderer we have to keep up till he dies of natural causes on death row.
Cause of death - "Himself"