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MassMutual Senior Vice President Found Dead, Stabbed In Chest In Apparent Homicide
A week after stunned Tribeca woke up to news of a grizzly death in which a Citigroup managing director living on Greenwich Street was found dead in his bathtub with a slashed throat and the lack of a suicide weapon on the scene suggesting there was foul play involved, another banking executive was killed over the weekend, when 54-year-old Melissa Millian, a senior vice president at MassMutual, was found lying in a road in Simsbury, Connecticut, having been stabbed in the chest.
As CBS reports, initially there was speculation Millian may have been in a bicycle accident, or may have been the victim of a hit-and-run. However on Saturday, the office of the Chief State Medical examiner said the cause of her death was a stab wound to the chest, and the manner was homicide.
According to WCVB, Millan, a mother of two, was a senior vice president at MassMutual in Springfield. A spokesman for the company said she was a tremendous leader and deeply caring and that she would be missed.
Passing motorists found Millan lying on the ground Thursday at 8:04 p.m., according to Simsbury police.
Police said she could have been out jogging but that they did not yet know what happened and are investigating. Millan was taken to St. Francis Hospital where she died, according to police.
Police announced Saturday they were investigating the incident as a homicide.
As Breaking911 further adds, MassMutual was shocked by the news, with a company spokesperson saying that "Melissa’s tremendous leadership qualities, business acumen and deeply caring nature will be missed by those who had the opportunity to work with her."
Friends, who gathered to pay their respects, said Millan was a dedicated athlete and an incredible mother.
“Devastated…shocked and angry. That a woman, such a woman’s life, could have been ended so senselessly and so cruelly,” said friend Lynne Tapper.
According to MassLive, people using the popular bike path that runs through the town said they were shocked to hear someone as stabbed to death along the trail which they consider safe.
The path is connected to a series of linked bikeways that start in Westfield and head south, running though most of Connecticut. It is popular with Western Massachusetts residents.
Sunday several people stopped at the memorial to mourn the death of the woman who was known as a triathlete as well as a parent and a skilled professional. They declined to talk to the media. A vigil was held earlier on Sunday in Farmington sponsored by Team Training New England.
The organization's website called Millan an "an extraordinary human being" and set up a memorial page for her.
"Melissa has been a pillar of the TTNE community since she first trained with us in 2006. Regardless of her formidable responsibilities at home and at work, she made every effort to mentor 'newbie' triathletes and provide moral and other support to her team members year in and year out, without fail!" the website said.
People who use the path said it is well-lit and there are always people walking or driving by.
"I was very surprised," said Donna Morris, of Simsbury, who was walking her four-month-old mixed breed dog at dusk Sunday. "I walk here sometimes and I haven't had a problem."
The path runs along Iron Horse Boulevard, a divided roadway with plenty of traffic. The memorial was set up less than 20 feet from a popular playground which was filled with children and their parents Sunday afternoon. Behind the playground is a dog park that is also popular. Across the street from the playground is a group of shops.
"It looks like someone would have seen something," Morris said. Tonia Kagan, of West Hartford, reacted with shock when she learned the bouquets had been placed there to remember Millan.
"I love this path," she said. "My husband is in the dog park now. It is a lovely place." She likened Simsbury to West Hartford, saying it is usually peaceful and violence is rare.
"I use this path a lot and I'm shocked and surprised...I always feel very safe," said Lucinda, who declined to give her last name.
Was this another targeted murder in an otherwise sleepy neighborhood, and if so, what was the motivation to take out a mother of two and active member of the local community? The police investigation is ongoing.
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I go to a bank once a month. That makes me more of a banker than this lady. With that said, I believe insurance companies are evil frauds.
From a reactionary point of view, she'd fall squarely in the same group of parasites as bankers and politicians. There aren't enough security and police to protect these people should somebody (that has nothing left to lose) decide to twist off and get their pound of flesh.
reminds me of my ex wife, look at her ex-husband
Dude, you just implicated yourself!
Another suicide so close to Thanksgiving. It's tragic what this holiday does to the minds of some people.
Bankers don't celebrate Thanks-Giving, they celebrate "Thanks Taking"
What would possibly be the motivation for banksters to off this woman? In what way was she a threat?
If this list of "death(s) by nail-gun" keeps growing exponentially like this, their won't be anybody left at the top of the food chain at the Central Banks!...
Oh wait a minute?.... On second thought!!!!
Nail guns are very determined tools.
That hitman murder has to go down as the most rediculous 'suicide' in history.
For what it's worth....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2846925/Mother-two-stabbed-death...
Apparently, she was in the middle of a divorce
it was a deer with a steak knife in its mouth
ROFL! Okay boys, I'm not some goddam grammar nazi, but give me a fucking break.
A "Grizzly" death?
Who got fucking 86'd, Timothy Treadwell?
Listen.
I don't have any idea what you are speaking about.
Keep rolling on your floor I guess...
Listen.
Listen some more, asshole.
the white man created this thing called google after he finished the internet. And he invented this thing called hygiene.
try it. try them all, in fact.
and keep rolling on your holy rat temple floor, in all the rat shit.
She was killed by Lemon Berry Ginger Snap Bear.
"Other recent management appointments include Melissa Millan, senior vice president, assuming leadership of an expanded and centralized services and operations division that will now include new business underwriting and operations, as well as claims and medical/vocational functions in MassMutual's U.S. Insurance Group. Millan joined MassMutual in 2001 and most recently led the company's protection product management division."
http://web3.benefitspro.com/2011/07/06/appointments-at-massmutual-includ...
"protection product management division"
Is that business vernacular for credit default swaps?
From the same press release: "Finally, Doug Jangraw, Corporate Vice President and Actuary, will assume leadership of MassMutual’s protection product management division, which includes life insurance, disability income insurance and long term care insurance. Mr. Jangraw has been with MassMutual for more than 25 years, holding a variety of leadership roles across the enterprise, and most recently led the company’s financial planning and analysis unit in the corporate finance division."
It probable has noting to do with the 16-20 other banker deaths.
But as it is murder, and nice people are at risk of wisleblowing, Does "Protection product management division" have risk exposure to any possible Ebola outbreak. Not saying there is one just if the new Ebola Czar has been getting Doctor/Hospital/Insurance companies (Live insurance would take a huge hit), to keep quite along with the media what is the liability.
Also she has been reported by a commenter above that knew her (@timmay 5482200)to be a Nice person and to be a mother of three. I would think this would make her profile high as a whisleblower. Maybe someone is conducting some preemtive Risk Management.
2 down. Thousands to go.
hate crime
I think if I had the dirt on some elites, I would be making my death as irrellevant as possible via deposition and affidavit.
With Eric Holder guarding the henhouse, who could you depose to?
Rereading the hl again, 'apparent homicide' made me laugh.
She could have stabbed herself in the chest with an icicle, which would explain the lack of weapon.
Actually, when I read "apparent" my first thought was somebody has a job in which they are under qualified.
Maybe this case isn't part of it, but is the Russian mafia or the Russian government seeking revenge for the Cyprus grand theft with all these killings?
We have our suspect. It's the person who voted down my comment.
I have long amazed and wondered at the American passivity in the face of mass financial crime, manipulation fraud, open theft, lies and lack of regulatory enforcement. The transfer of wealth is well documented and the government's role in it is also well proven.
Yet, in face of all this, not one American has gotten angry enough to "act out" in a vengeful or criminal way against the known perpetrators. While I in no way advocate criminal acts, that does not prevent me from being amazed at the fact that none have occured. Nothing by way of revolutionary activity or simple one man's crusade for revenge. All is quiet, and those who did the deeds, and won all the gold and cash , are now on a luxury spending spree in New York, LA, London and across the financial centers.
So, I wonder, is someone going to snap and act out? I recall the revolutions in Europe, when all wealth was transfered into the hands of a tiny minority, sooner or later there were people revolting. But no matter how clear the theft and fraud, no matter how many people lose jobs and homes, no matter how high the debt, we average Americans stick to the rules and play the game as schools and media lay it out to us. We, no matter fraud by the elites, still blame ourselves for any failure and take it to heart when told to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps. Maybe that was all good in it's day, before all markets were frauds, congress was bought off, and bankers bailed out.
Still, not one shred of evidence that any American is going off the rails, and acting out. How much longer can media and our schools brainwash people to blame themselves for NAFTA, GAT, The NWO, The Patriot Act, Fed Policy, Bribery of Congress, and a liar President? Passive is the word I would use to describe even the most beaten down American.
What if the avg American knew of this???
http://www.newnation.org/
Oh the effort involved in keeping us all in the dark so that they can shove their Multiculturalism down our throats as we are eradicated!
In any given revolution, you can expect 85% of the people to do NOTHING. The whole game is determined by the last 15%...and that group consists of those both FOR and AGAINST the revolution.
There ARE people 'acting out.' Look at the Bundy ranch episode. Just no one has started wholesale killing.
I fear that is not too far off in the future; things are undeniably worse now and will not be getting better.
The thing is - this woman worked in insurance. Many of the people killed were super low level. I'm not aware of anyone like a Madoff being killed, and it seem ZH scours the news for any car accident involving some 'vice president' - a title devolved to meaninglessness - to generate click bait for a non-story.
I mean it's a sexy fantasy. But this woman was basically just a pleb, if upper middle class. She's no Madoff - who only went to jail because of "who" he fucked over: Thou shalt not steal from your fellow Jew....
Well, there's Corzine, but he's not exactly breaking rocks along the train tracks for life, is he>?
Precisely
These are all low-level people getting whacked. Probably just run-of-the-mill violent crime (could happen to anybody). If this were the beginning of real revolutionary death squads, there'd have to be some high level shitbag getting knocked off.
I think ZH should open up a forum for nominations....
We're assuming that minions are getting whacked by outsiders, Joe 6-pack out on the street. What if the deed was done by somebody in the organization? "It's nice to work here, but the retirement plan is sheer MURDER."
These minion deaths sound like something from the mafia. Didn't somebody way back when write histories of the links between organized crime and financial institutions? When the mafias want to look legit, they buy banks and insurance companies. The Sopranos is soooo 20th century . . .
She was a Senior VP - not in the upper echelons but high enough to run an office or two and either learn secrets she shouldn't have or irritate an underling enough to "go postal." Assuming it wasn't her spouse, and spouses or exes are usually the first suspects.
dude - she sold fucking insurance in CT.
She's not behind the curtain.
she was a goddamned soccer mom, for fuck's sake.
When someone blows up a black tie afair at Goldman, or AIPAC, or the CFR, or Brookings - then we can talk. This is just noise, not a pattern.
If you define millions of people as "bankers" - its inevitable that once in a while one of them will die violently.
This is a case where ZH keeps coming before it even has its pants off.
Family, Personal or Policy related sounds fair enough for the First Pass of Suspects.
Occupy Wall Street was significant acting out IMHO. The CIA had a plan to assassinate the Occupy activists that were leading the demonstrations so I would not be too judgemental with regard to ordinary Americans not wanting to be caught in any crossfire the CIA/FBI might have going on on the side, eh. What with the Police State and all why would anyone want anyone to stick their neck out merely to get assassinated? Let the Banksters jump from the roof tops of investment banks for a while allright allready for cryin' out loud. These
institutional suicides make for good reading IMHO and the jokes are
worthy of a few chuckles once in a while. Why ruin a good thing by watching innocent American activists harmed by Police State thugs
in the CIA, NYPD, FBI, et cetera? You have a reasonable brain, wtf?
Why did the death of a bear -- a grizzley -- cause so much commotion?
I suspect Dimon.
Keep them coming .
I wonder how many of these sudden surge of "banker" deaths are really "John Doe" bodies planted while the banker flies away to a nice sunshine retirement?
Witness protection program.
Never tire of a banking fatality, however , it would be particularly nice to see the politicians being bumped off on at least a 1:5 ratio ; not forgetting pig filth with talking head and msm scum so the message spreads more quickly.
so drones have Knives now ....?
Good to see gender equality is being followed by the Bankster's suicide/murder squad in the CIA. Clearly, this indicates that gender equality and equity are getting through to the classless kleptocratic
fraud artists and confidence men that they hire. Sociopathy has come a long way, baby. Hats off to the educators in the USA.
10/10 POINTS for the CIA, yippie.
:|
My condolences to her family. Take the fucker’s down. Don’t let the DA blame it on a Afro-American drug charge. Follow the DNA signature exposure.
This case seems rather strange compared to many of the other banker deaths.
It must be remembered however that despite the high pay etc of bankers, these people live with great stresses and demands in their life. They accumulate enemies and competitors within their own class and often they lead double lives either because they are having affairs or they have gambling or drug habits. Perhaps they have stolen money from their employer or are about to be discovered having taken bets that have gone awry. Anxiety can set in and sometimes it tips them over the edge.
Perhaps they know that they will be ruined and decide to kill themselves (clearly not the case here) because an insurance payout will at least shield their family from utter ruin.
The possibility that they are being eliminated for insurance purposes or to stop them from talking remains a possibility but until at least one such case is proven it can only remain in the realm of conjecture.
Whether these people are decent or whether they are rat bags, we must still realise they have families who for the most part will be suffering emotional and financial stresses.
This is all part and parcel of a sad, stressed and wicked world.
she wasn't a banker.
at all.
What really strikes me about this article, aside from the horror of innocent wildlife deaths, is how complacent everyone in this story is. This is an area where they all felt "safe".
More than anything, it reminds me of the happy, carefree people reveling in the shadow of Pompeii even as the earth rumbles and the plumes boil out of the mountaintop. Merely an interesting spectacle put on for their amusement.
It is true that I also sought out an area where I feel safe from random crazy people bristling with knives and guns. Or, to put it another way, I now call them my neighbors rather than invaders into my bubble world.
Not saying that this is related to this story, but it sure seems that those who get killed/suicided are those who have taken the benefits of being inside the system and then do not live up to their part of the demon's bargain.
It would be easy to get all "religeousy" here ... but maybe if one thinks they might have second thoughts about being Satan's slave one should reassess one's priorities at the beginning.
Maybe she read a file she should not have. Potential whistleblower "nipped in the bud" as it were?
That is the reason for Life Insurance on employees.
If they cannot trust you enough to profit from your services then they will eliminate the threat and still garner the profit.
A week after stunned Tribeca woke up to news of a grizzly death
Didn't know grizzly's got that far east. Maybe it's time to let bears bear arms.
Wow, I guess that cash value in somebody's poilcy didn't quite grow as fast as projected.
www.traderzoo.mobi
If you aren't safe in Simsbury you aren't safe anywhere.
Hint to FBI: you might want to check Melissa Millian's cellphone contacts to see if she has chatted recently with Alayne Fleischmann, hmmm???
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-07/why-matt-taibbi-thinks-woman-jp...
If the police thought it was a hit-and-run at first, then she was not lying in a pool of blood. Odds are, she was killed someplace else and dumped in that spot.
But why in such a public space? Could her death be a warning to others?
The Men Who Stare At Goats - The Predator Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epU6Vq0_l9Q&html5=1
Shit's real, I got one here.
http://pdws.biz/
http://pdws.biz/Simple_Weapons_Disarms.html
http://pdws.biz/Online_University.php
Hope it helps someone.
I mean no offence, but why not carry a knife or two and/or a pistol?
I bet the cop that got called made sure she was dead. Ummmmm, maybe it's because she's a bankster? Yaa think?
Go get them B613!
This country is suffering from a disease that has infested the world, "Banksters". Let's eradicate banksters and rid the world of this disease. Politicians too. That's my prescription.
Those darn nail guns!
Up to now, I have felt that the banks, themselves, were behind these deaths. Now, I wonder if the common folk are beginning to 'cleanse' the system -- that people in general are taking matters into their own hands?
Almost zero possibility I'd say.
Too mysterious for common folk. The teetering Ponzi is probably getting harder to hide & prop up.
If these people aren't whistleblowers being silenced, these killings may achieve the same goal, even if banks have no idea who potential whistleblowers may be. This may be mass murder to induce obedience.
if it happened to them......it could happen to you
All this shit is starting to remind me of stuff in that old 'X-Files' TV show, just with different motivations.......
"54-year-old Melissa Millian, a senior vice president at MassMutual, was found lying in a road in Simsbury, Connecticut, having been stabbed in the chest."
It will be ruled a suicide.
hmm...not bad for 54, eh
What we need is assault knife control.
So the death of a woman who wasn't - at all - a banker - is evidence of a trend of banker deaths?
Huh?
At ZH it is. It adds to the intrigue of the narrative.
As a banker myself I know that the life insurance companies do a lot of "banker like" activities, but I can't find the referenced LinkedIn page to get more specifics regarding her job description. Can anyone else find this?
Husband or lover......
I notice how these banker deaths are all by unusual methods and circumstances that leave little forensics. No traceable bullets, gunpowder residue, fingerprintable objects, video survealance absence, crime scenes that are unlikely, improbable, or impossible.
Especially obvious that it's riff-raff street crime when it's a blatant robbery where nothing is stolen.
If only the criminal government in CONnecticut hadn't disarmed the populace. She could have lived to tell about it. Well at least until the FBI showed up and finished off the failed low level thug hit
There is a noticeable uptick in murders lately
http://online.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-police-eye-suicide-in-citig...
I'm surprised we got a murder allegation with this one. What is wrong with the "stabbed herself in the chest with a knife in the park" meme? It worked with the nailgun.
But how many times? It can't be ruled a banker suicide unless there's a minimum of 5 stabs in the back clearly by her own hand.
"A grizzly death" = Mauled to death by a grizzly.
Target was killed by a single, well placed stab wound to the chest. Looks like a pro hit designed to look like street crime. Unless the husband was ex miitary, this was a pro killer.
This is what happens when you spread the message to "kill all the bankers". Some loonie on ZH starts killing all the bankers. And where would you find bankers but in Ct.
There are quite a few sick fucks trolling ZH today. This lady was murdered. Could have been your wife, mom, or sister. Have some respect.
I agree.
Someone actually died here, unlike like that made-for-TV bullshit in Newtown, CT almost two years ago.
Could have been the concern troll, waggin his finger and tut-tutting the lesser unsophisticates.
I have to say this at least once a month it seems. The adults are busy reveling in others misery, son, so be quiet and go play.
Well, no, none of my relatives would work for the mafia.
How many does this make for the year so far?
oh no, bankers for the biggest global mafia are getting murdered!
We need to hold a funeral - in New Orleans!
nah somebody just dont like joggers