Defendants from Hell
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:14 pm
Here's a bit of insight into the man:Man with implanted horns sentenced for killings; 'I'll see you in hell,' he told jury
Associated Press
POSTED: 09/29/2014 05:14:02 PM PDT6 COMMENTS| UPDATED: A DAY AGO
Defendant Caius Veiovis during a recess in his triple murder trial at Hampden County Superior Court, Sept., 9, 2014, in Springfield, Mass. (Gillian Jones, Berkshire Eagle)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts man who has bumps resembling horns implanted in his forehead maintained his innocence before a judge sentenced him Monday to three consecutive life terms in the killings of three men who were kidnapped, shot and dismembered in 2011.
"Let me make this clear, my hand wasn't in this," Caius Veiovis, 34, of Pittsfield, said in a statement he read at his sentencing hearing in Hampden Superior Court.
Veiovis was convicted Friday in the killings of David Glasser, 44; Edward Frampton, 58, and Robert Chadwell, 47, all from Pittsfield. "I'll see you in hell," he told then the jury, which considered his case over six days.
Veiovis was the third co-defendant convicted of first-degree murder. All have been sentenced to the mandatory life in prison without parole.
Prosecutors said Veiovis helped Adam Lee Hall, 37, of Peru, and David Chalue, 47, of North Adams, kidnap and shoot the victims weeks before Glasser was to testify against Hall, a Hells Angels member, in an assault case. The others were killed to eliminate witnesses to Glasser's killing, prosecutors said.
Berkshire District Attorney David Capeless read victim impact statements Monday, including one from Chadwell's daughter Ashleye Hall, who said she and her children were close to her father, and Veiovis has deprived them of their future with him.
Veiovis said in his statement that authorities didn't believe he killed the men and offered him a plea bargain he rejected.
The Springfield Republican reports that Capeless said outside court that he and other investigators never said they thought Veiovis didn't kill the men and plea negotiations were conducted with all the defendants.
Defense lawyer James Reardon Jr. said that he regrets Veiovis' Friday outburst and that his client is not the kind of person portrayed in the media. Reardon said he hopes the verdict will be overturned. He said the evidence was insufficient.
Veiovis has a 666 tattoo between two rows of forehead bumps. A former resident of Augusta, Maine, he legally changed his name from Roy Gutfinski Jr. in 2008 while serving more than seven years in a Maine prison for assault.
He can't be all bad; he reviles the Twilight series, after all!Accused murderer explains his name in letter
By Andrew Amelinckx, Berkshire Eagle Staff
POSTED: 10/25/2011 12:05:29 AM EDT35 COMMENTS| UPDATED: 3 YEARS AGO
PITTSFIELD -- Accused murderer Caius Veiovis has sent a letter to The Eagle from jail in which he chastises the media for reporting that he took his name from the "Twilight" movie series. And in a terse postscript, Veiovis expressed sorrow to the families of the victims in a triple murder case he has been charged in.
"I would like to express my sincere condolences to the families involved in this tragic case. The deceased are not the only victims here," Veiovis stated in the postscript.
The letter, dated Oct. 16, was received Monday at The Eagle.
It is not clear what Veiovis meant by "not the only victims here."
A call to his attorney, James Gavin Reardon Jr. of Worcester, was not immediately returned.
Veiovis, 31, of Pittsfield, and two other men are facing three counts each of murder, kidnapping and witness intimidation in the August deaths of three Pittsfield men.
Veiovis, who has horn implants, facial tattoos, sharpened teeth and a split tongue, among other body modifications, legally changed his name from Roy C. Gutfinski Jr. to Caius Domitius Veiovis in 2008.
The main thrust of Veiovis' letter focuses on what has been written in the media about the origin of his name. The letter is penned in a highly stylized hand, and he signed his name with an upside-down cross and "666" beneath that. His forehead is tattooed with "666," which the Bible says is "the number of the beast."
Currently being housed in the Berkshire County Jail & House of Correction without bail, Veiovis states in his letter that he has been "cut off from access to the media," but believed there were reports alleging his first name came from "Twilight," the popular series of vampire-themed books and movies.
While The Eagle never linked his name to the "Twilight" series, several other media outlets have.
"Pop culture inspires me to vomit hot blood," Veiovis wrote, adding that he wouldn't waste his time "even now" reading the series of books.
Veiovis explained that his first and middle names -- Caius Domitius -- were inspired by "the great Roman emperors Caligula and Nero," and his last name is from "an ancient Etruscan daemon."
Veiovis has a long relationship with the judicial system -- he was first arrested at age 13 for carrying a knife -- and with the occult. He has told authorities he is a vampire and worships the devil.
Earlier in life, Veiovis allegedly revealed to staff at a juvenile detention facility that a nun had called him "psycho" and "evil" and told him that he would grow up to be a murderer, according to court documents.
He later served 7 1/2 years of a 10-year prison sentence in Maine on elevated assault charges for a ritual blood-letting ceremony involving a 16-year-old girl.
Veiovis, Adam Lee Hall, 34, of Peru, and David Chalue, 44, of North Adams, are accused of the kidnapping and murder of David Glasser, Edward Frampton and Robert Chadwell.
Authorities said the victims were taken Aug. 28 from the Linden Street home that Glasser and Frampton shared, and they later were killed and buried in a trench on private property in Becket.
The crimes allegedly were committed to keep Glasser from testifying against Hall, a member of the local chapter of the Hells Angels, in a kidnapping and assault case set for trial in September.
Police said Frampton and Chadwell were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
A fourth defendant, David Casey, of Canaan, N.Y., has been charged as an accessory to the crimes for allegedly helping to bury the bodies by using an excavator.
All four men have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
