Girl Despatched Boyfriend 1600 Threatening Messages Earlier than He Was Struck and Killed: Police

Kevin Gangell, 24, was discovered lifeless in his entrance yard simply earlier than midday on July 28. He’d been hit so exhausting by a car that he flew roughly 70 ft, in response to Connecticut State Police.

His reason behind loss of life, per the health worker, was listed as blunt drive trauma throughout his physique. Police consider the car was touring 32 to 38 mph when it struck Gangell.

“It grew to become obvious in a short time that this was no accident, and it was truly an intentional act,” Sgt. Luke Davis NBC affiliate WVIT.

Abbigale Whipple, 20, has been charged with conspiracy to commit manslaughter and accent to manslaughter, as police consider she was behind the loss of life of Gangell.

Her longtime platonic buddy — who they consider had romantic emotions for her — Logan Diaz-Lopardo, 21, was hit with first-degree manslaughter costs with intent to injure and with grave threat of loss of life, in addition to conspiracy to commit manslaughter, because the alleged driver of the car that struck and killed Gangell.

In court docket paperwork seen by WVIT, Whipple and Gangell had been concerned for a few yr, with prosecutors describing a “tumultuous and poisonous” relationship.

Diaz-Lopardo was described as Whipple’s greatest buddy, although she admitted to police in her arrest affidavit that he was “obsessed” together with her and he or she’d “kinda led him on a bit of bit,” telling him there could also be hope “at some point,” however not that means it.

After she was picked up, Whipple detailed to police what had occurred within the hours main as much as Gangell’s loss of life, beginning when he reportedly “ditched” her the night time earlier than his loss of life as a result of he needed to go to a automobile present together with his father and a household buddy, per her arrest affidavit, which she stated made her indignant.

She stated that by the subsequent morning he’d blocked her telephone quantity, at which level she started to bombard him with messages throughout varied platforms. All informed, court docket paperwork revealed she despatched him roughly 1,600 messages within the hours previous his loss of life.

In keeping with the arrest warrant seen by Regulation & Crime, the contents of these messages included her hoping he would die from a drug overdose or by another means, in addition to different threats and verbal assaults.

Gangell lastly responded for Whipple to come back over, saying he “acquired somethin’ for you,” per Whipple in court docket paperwork, after she revealed that Diaz-Lopardo was at her place. Diaz-Lopardo acquired on the telephone with Gangell and allegedly stated, “Oh you mad ‘trigger I acquired ya lady now?”

Uncovered Snapchat messages between Whipple and Diaz-Lopardo in the course of the ordeal noticed Whipple messaging Diaz-Lopardo, “Can we beat his ass pleas [sic]” and “I need him damage.,” in response to court docket paperwork. His alleged response was, “come to me I will maintain u down.”

After being confronted together with her message historical past, Whipple admitted to police, in response to their arrest affidavit, that she might need threatened Gangell, “however I did not imply nothin’ I stated. All the pieces I say is out of ‘impulsivity.'”

Whereas Diaz-Lopardo drove Whipple to Gangell’s dwelling, she was allegedly nonetheless sending her boyfriend messages, together with a menace to name his parole officer, the place she wrote, “ur going to jail,” “ima wreck ur life,” in response to the authorized filings.

“She needed to trigger hurt to Kevin,” Davis informed WVIT. “These textual content messages stated ‘I need him damage’ and that is undoubtedly regarding and raised lots of purple flags in constructing this case to point out that this was an intentional act.”

Per the affidavit, Whipple’s last message, which reportedly got here inside minutes of Diaz-Lopardo hitting Gangell together with his automobile, learn, “I warned u.” Diaz-Lopardo denied deliberately hitting Gangell, per his arrest warrant.

Each referred to as 911 after Diaz-Lopardo struck Gangell, together with his recorded name selecting up a feminine voice, believed to be Whipple, shouting, “Logan what the f–k did you do, why did you do this?” per his arrest affidavit.

Whipple informed police Gangell “ran from behind his storage into the highway with one thing in his hand.” Police reported discovering a 2-foot steel pipe close to his physique.

Whipple additionally informed police that Diaz-Lopardo hit Gangell to harm him, however did not imply to kill him. Diaz-Lopardo informed authorities Gangell had smashed his windshield earlier than he was struck, however there was not injury on the car to assist this clalim.

The arrest affidavits state that after Gangell was struck, Diaz-Lopardo’s car wound up on a retaining wall within the yard and driveway space. Each Diaz-Lopardo and Whipple have been injured within the accident and transported to a neighborhood hospital. Diaz-Lopardo suffered a damaged sternum, Whipple a damaged jaw.

Police acquired vaguely totally different tales from each suspects, in response to their arrest affidavits, however each conceded that Whipple and Gangell had been preventing and that Diaz-Lopardo was driving the automobile that struck and killed Gangell.

This was roughly a deliberate occasion in inflicting hurt to this particular person,” stated Davis. “I believe it was greater than they bargained for, contemplating that this younger man truly ended up shedding his life on account of it.”

Diaz-Lopardo is being held on $500,000 bond with Whipple being held on a $250,000 bond.