Tipline 203 530 9135 Chad Hanson bottom left says Billy Smolinski was murdered by Madeline Gleasons son Shaun.See Chad Hanson Warrant...scribd/doc/62712743/Hanson-Warrant Billy Smolinski Case Figure Going to Prison for Lyi... See More Chad Hanson bottom left says Billy Smolinski was murdered by Madeline Gleasons son Shaun.See Chad Hanson Warrant...scribd/doc/62712743/Hanson-Warrant Billy Smolinski Case Figure Going to Prison for Lying About Location of Body —Published: Monday, January 14, 2013 On what would have been William “Billy” Smolinski’s 40th birthday Monday, a man accused of lying to police about the location of his body pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 4½ years in prison. Smolinski disappeared in 2004. Chad Hanson, 33, of Seymour pleaded guilty in Superior Court to one count of making a false statement concerning injury or death. Hanson was arrested after he led state police to conduct an unsuccessful 10-day search in Oxford, near Prokop Road and Woodruff Hill Road, for Smolinski’s body in October 2011. Hanson also has given information to police that led to unsuccessful searches in Seymour in 2008 and in the Naugatuck State Forest in 2010. Smolinski, of Waterbury, disappeared Aug. 24, 2004, at the age of 31. No body has been found, but police believe he was murdered. Hanson could have faced up to seven years in prison if he had been convicted at trial. He also faced charges of interfering with police and second-degree making a false statement. Instead, he accepted a plea bargain. Janice Smolinski of Cheshire, who was among Smolinski’s family members who attended the court proceeding, said afterward the family hoped the court would make Hanson say where her son’s body is. “Hopefully, (Hanson) will sit in prison and think about it and come forward,” she said. “We had hoped that today, which was Billy’s birthday, we would have had the answer.” Judge Frank Iannotti told Hanson, “I hope you understand the hurt you brought people by your actions. They were already in terrible pain.” Prosecutor Marjorie Sozanski said the Smolinski family was in agreement with the plea bargain. Sozanski said Hanson had indicated to state police that he was aware of the whereabouts of Smolinski’s body, and he took police to search in Oxford. “Police spent well over $100,000 excavating the area, and then he admitted to police that he had misled them,” Sozanski said. “The family wants him to know the grief he has caused. All they want to know is the truth.” The state wants Hanson to reimburse it for the cost of the search. According to the June 2012 arrest warrant affidavit, Hanson told police he helped Shaun Karpiuk, who has since died, bury Smolinski. Hanson reported to police he helped bury a carpet with Smolinski’s remains inside and covered it with lime. Hanson also claimed he wasn’t aware what was inside the carpet, “but he could tell it was probably a body and he’ll never forget the smell of blood.” After the unsuccessful Oxford search, Hanson “admitted that he had an idea Billy was in the rug and that he knows for a fact that Shaun killed Billy with a (16-ounce) hammer,” the warrant states. Karpiuk died in 2005 of a drug overdose. Karpiuk’s mother, Madeleine Gleason of Woodbridge, dated Smolinski until they broke up just prior to his 2004 disappearance. Gleason has told Waterbury police that Smolinski broke up with her because he thought she was cheating on him, and he left her place in the early morning of Aug. 24, 2004, “a little depressed,” and that was the last time she saw him. Police reports said Gleason had also been seeing Chris Sorensen of Woodbridge, who told police he received a phone message Aug. 24, 2004, in which a man said, “Chris, you better watch your back at all times.” The caller was identified as Billy Smolinski. The last three calls Smolinski made prior to his disappearance were to Sorensen, police reported. Sorensen testified in a civil case that he never saw Smolinski that day. Gleason sued Smolinski’s family members, claiming they harassed her and falsely accused her of involvement in his disappearance. A judge in August sided with Gleason, awarding her $52,666 in damages. The Smolinski family is appealing the civil ruling. Anyone with information regarding Billy Smolinskis mysterious disappearance is URGEDto call the TIPLINE at 203-530-9135
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