Overview
- Terrence Johnson pleaded guilty to murder and received a 38-year sentence in Superior Court in Milford, Connecticut.
- In a videotaped statement, Rivera’s son said he did not get enough time with his father and asked that Johnson be jailed for 100 years.
- Fernando “Chino” Rivera, 35, was attacked from behind on Halloween 2020 at Washington Avenue and Elm Street in West Haven and died of a neck injury at the hospital.
- Rivera’s fiancée, Lindsee Baez, told the court she wanted a life term in a perfect world and said the family sees the outcome as only partial justice.
- The family initially told the then-5-year-old that his father died from a boo-boo and only recently disclosed the violent details with a therapist’s help.