Ex-Planned Parenthood exec, Tim Yergeau, commits suicide after botched child porn raid in Connecticut…
Tim Yergeau, 36, the former director of strategic communications at the Southern New England branch of Planned Parenthood, died by suicide on Tuesday amid a child pornography investigation in Connecticut last week.
“The person who died was definitely the suspect in a child pornography investigation and the person who committed suicide,” New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson told the New Haven Registrar.
Five days earlier, members of the Special Victims Unit investigating the child pornography case reportedly broke down the door of Yergeau’s neighbor — and handcuffed the woman before realizing they had raided the wrong apartment.
The police chief Karl Jacobson confirmed the death to a local outlet, New Haven Registrar.
"The person who died was definitely the suspect in a child pornography investigation and the person who committed suicide," Jacobson revealed. Before Yergeau took his own life, members of the Special Victims Unit attempted to raid his home as part of their investigation.
SVU members accidentally went to Yergeau's neighbor's home — and it wasn't until the woman was in handcuffs that they realized they had the wrong person in custody.
"They obviously hit the wrong door," Jacobson said of the botched raid. Jacobson requested an internal affairs investigation after members of the Special Victims Unit 'obviously hit the wrong door.' The investigation will also examine how Yergeau took his own life in wake of the raid.
'Unfortunately, a mistake was made,' Jacobson said. 'We feel for the woman and we're going to do everything we can to make it right.'
'The investigation is part of holding my department accountable and transparent.'
Jacobson declined to confirm if Yergeau was the suspect of the child pornography investigation however, Yergeau's neighbor and the state Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner both confirmed he died Tuesday morning. The medical examiner also confirmed Yergeau died by suicide.
Yergeau was hired in August 2022 as the Long Wharf Theatre's marketing and communications director, according to the organization's website.
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