Horrifying bodycam footage shows Connecticut son beating dad to death with baseball bat outside home before cops shoot him
US News Horrifying bodycam footage shows Connecticut son beating dad to death with baseball bat outside home before cops shoot him By Chris Bradford Published July 23, 2026, 3:42 a.m. Add The New York Post on Google A crazed Connecticut son bludgeoned his father to death with a baseball bat in a vicious broad daylight attack outside their home before police shot him dead, according to horrifying police bodycam footage. Robert Jenkins III, 38, was seen mercilessly clubbing his victim – who was later identified as his 69-year-old father Robert Jenkins Jr. – on the front lawn of their Meriden, Conn., home on Sunday morning, the Connecticut Insider reported.
- ▪US News Horrifying bodycam footage shows Connecticut son beating dad to death with baseball bat outside home before cops shoot him By Chris Bradford Published July 23, 2026, 3:42 a.m.
- ▪Add The New York Post on Google A crazed Connecticut son bludgeoned his father to death with a baseball bat in a vicious broad daylight attack outside their home before police shot him dead, according to horrifying police bodycam footage.
- ▪Robert Jenkins III, 38, was seen mercilessly clubbing his victim – who was later identified as his 69-year-old father Robert Jenkins Jr. – on the front lawn of their Meriden, Conn., home on Sunday morning, the Connecticut Insider reported.
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