Even Louis Cofone’s lawyer couldn’t say much good about him. When asking for leniency in sentencing, the lawyer described Cofone as, “Sick, all the way through.” As a teen-ager, Cofone assaulted and tried to rape a teacher in New Canaan. At regular intervals, the severity of Cofone’s crimes intensified.

A lawman who captured Cofone along the way is still haunted-42 years later-by what he tried to stop and how it continued. Some things never leave you.

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