In the small town of Baltic, Connecticut, the life of 31-year-old Caucasian male, Steven Devost, was tragically cut short on the night of December 14, 2017. A father of three, Devost was at his Bay Street home when a disturbance shattered the late-night quiet. Reports suggest that just before midnight, Devost went outside to investigate a loud bang.
In a conflicting account, family members have described a horrifying home invasion, with assailants kicking down the door while his children were inside the house.
What happened next left a community in shock and a family devastated. Steven Devost was shot multiple times, sustaining fatal wounds to his torso and upper extremities. He was rushed to Backus Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The state's medical examiner would later rule his death a homicide. The incident was particularly jarring for the quiet town of Sprague, where homicides were a rarity, marking the first such event in decades. The investigation was quickly taken over by detectives from the Eastern District Major Crime unit.
In the years following the murder, the case has grown cold, and the questions surrounding that December night remain unanswered. No arrests have been made, and no suspects have been publicly identified, leaving Devost's family in a painful state of limbo. They have held vigils to keep his memory alive and to plead for anyone with information to come forward. The family, haunted by the thought that the killer could be someone they know, continues to seek justice and closure for the man they remember as a loving father and devoted son, a man nicknamed "Biggs" for his large stature and even bigger heart. In an effort to generate new leads, state police have offered a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for his death.
