Dating-app charmer accused of murder after history of domestic arrests involving women he met online

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. CyberGuy explains why you should never give someone your phone number on dating apps. A Connecticut man accused of murdering his girlfriend months after she was found dead at the bottom of a staircase had a separate pending domestic violence case in which another woman told police he strangled, threatened and assaulted her after meeting her on a dating app, court records show. Cole Theodore Werhan, 28, of Burlington, Connecticut, was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder in connection with the death of 26-year-old Janina Brooke Murphy, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, according to Connecticut State Police. Murphy, who went by Brooke, was found in March at the bottom of a staircase inside the Burlington home where she had been living. State police described the death as suspicious at the time. Cole Theodore Werhan, 28, of Burlington, Connecticut, is accu