A suspect has been arrested for the homicide of NBC Connecticut information anchor Heidi Voight’s mom.

The homicide of Claudia Voight, 73, befell at her dwelling in Vermont on February 20.

Shawn Conlon, 44, of Rhode Island, was arrested for the killing by marshals, native police, and Rhode Island State Police at a Connecticut resort on Wednesday.

Conlon was initially being tracked in Rhode Island, earlier than he traveled to Groton, Connecticut.

Fox News stories:

Legislation enforcement officers initially believed she suffered from a medical occasion however later decided she died from neck compression that was detectable solely throughout an post-mortem.

In new particulars launched Wednesday, Vermont State Police stated Conlon rented a room in Claudia Voight’s dwelling and stopped paying lease in late 2022 however remained within the dwelling till allegedly attacking and killing her in February 2023. The explanation for the assault was not disclosed.

Heidi Voight appeared to answer the information on Fb, writing merely, “HALLELUJAH.”

The anchor first publicly disclosed her mom’s reason behind dying in Fb submit in July, writing, “I have been carrying this painful secret: My mother’s death was not natural, nor peaceful,” she wrote. “My mother was murdered, violently, in the place she should have felt safest — her own home in Windham, Vermont. … This has broken me and changed me. But I am my mother’s daughter, and I will come back stronger. I will fight for her.”

Conlon is being held on $1 million bail, pending extradition to Vermont. He has been charged with second-degree homicide.