Suspect in Killing of TV News Anchor’s Mother Has Been Captured in Connecticut

Published on December 21, 2023

GROTON, Conn.—A man wanted in the killing of a television news anchor’s mother in Vermont in February was captured at a Connecticut hotel Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Shawn Conlon, 44, was arrested in Groton by marshals, local police, and Rhode Island State Police. Authorities said Mr. Conlon was arraigned in a Connecticut court later Wednesday and detained on $1 million bail, pending extradition to Vermont to face a second-degree murder charge. Claudia Voight, 73, of Windham, Vermont, died in her home Feb. 20. She was the mother of Heidi Voight, an NBC Connecticut news anchor and Miss Connecticut 2006. Law enforcement officials initially believed she suffered from a medical event but later determined she died from neck compression that was detectable only during an autopsy....