HARTFORD, Conn. (TCD) -- A 47-year-old man will spend over five decades behind bars for assaulting his ex-girlfriend and fatally stabbing her friend in 2020. Hartford Judicial District State's Attorney Sharmese Walcott announced Jan. 17 that a judge sentenced Troy Hayes to 55 years in prison for the 2020 murder of Dyshawn Copeland, as well as the first-degree assault of a second victim. A jury found Hayes guilty of the charges on Sept. 25, 2023. According to the state's attorney's office, on the evening of May 21, 2020, officers responded to 40 Sherman St. after a female victim...

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