I never intended to hurt you,
even though I know I did.
New at 5 speaking out on his sentence
tonight. A Newtown man and formr
UConn student accepting his fat.
This after a kidnapping and double murder
case in 202026 year old Peter M,
Fredonia will serve 55 years behind bars.
He pleaded guilty to murder,
kidnapping with a firearm,
assault and home invasion. The victim?
62 year old Ted Demers of Willin
and 23 year old Nicholas Isley,
man Fredonia's childhood friend.
Who he shot and killed inside of a Derby
apartment. Now from there,
Man Fredonia kidnapped Isley's girlfriend,
forcing her to drive him to New Jersey.
He dropped her off in the town of Columbia,
West of New York City,
on the Jersey Pennsylvania line.
Man Fredonia was on the run for
six days across four states befe
his arrest in Hagerstown, MD.
And tonight, the family of Nichs
Eisley getting some closure. FOX
61 New Haven County Bureau reporter Julia
Le Blanc is live at Milford Superior Court,
where emotions ran high inside Julia.
Hi, good evening to you both.
It was an extremely emotional day in court
where we heard from Nick Isley's family.
We also heard from his girlfried
for the very first time who was
kidnapped by Manfredonia and we heard
from Manfredonia himself as wel.
But still Nick's family is choog
to get away from that darkness
and look toward the light,
which they say is and always will be Nick.
I won't lie, this plea deal
does nothing for me except close
the door on this court case.
Three years after going on a crime spree,
Peter man Fredonia faced his fate in court,
eyes forward as the family and friends
of the childhood friend he murd,
Nick Isley poured their hearts .
I did die with Nick that day.
The version of myself that went to bed
with my boyfriend, my best frie,
and the sweetest man I've ever .
Shannon Spees was Isley's girlfriend.
She was there on the morning of May 24th,
2020 when after kidnapping,
assaulting and killing three
other men in Willington,
Man, Fredonia entered her
and Nick's Derby apartment,
shot Nick to death and kidnapped Spees,
forcing her to drive for hours
at gunpoint across state lines.
Until she was finally rescued by a Good
Samaritan at a truck stop in New Jersey.
Between hearing the gruesome details that he
felt like Sherry and trying to be as nice
as possible so that I could stay alive,
I held my own funeral throughout that drive,
a funeral for the person she once was.
The people, the whole Isley family were
I feel pain when I have to leave
the lights on at night because m
too scared to see Peter Manfred
on his face when I close my eye.
Gianna is one of three siblings Isley
leaves behind, including a twin
brother living every day in his honor,
choosing to look to the light.
Nick is a reoccurring light,
and I say this to say because
even in the taking of his life.
Couldn't be smelled
his aunt, describing him as a kd
hearted man, someone who loved c
and more than anything his fami.
A family now facing his killer.
Saying their peace with Peter,
the place for you and help here
man. Fredonia never turning to face them,
instead offering an apology,
one he knows they won't accept.
What I did was inexcusably
horrendous and I will regret it
every day for the rest of my li.
I don't want an apology from him or his
lawyer or his parents or his sisters.
I want to know that I can feel safe again
and he will never see the world outside
of a prison For the rest of his life.
The man, Fredonia, was sentenceo
a total of 55 years in prison t.
Tomorrow he will go to
Rockville Superior Court.
Will he will face the same fate
with another 55 year sentence,
but that one will run concurreny
to this one in the meantime?
As for a motive here?
Well, man, Fredonia's attorney
continues to say that this was l
the result of a psychotic episo.
We're live here in Milford,
Julia La Blanc, Fox 61,
Connecticut's news station.