1 brother arrested, 1 dead after dispute

GRISWOLD, Conn. (WTNH) -- A Griswold man is facing charges for stabbing his own brother to death.

Police arrested 22-year-old Jeffrey Savoy Tuesday. They say he stabbed his brother, 27-year-old John Coddington, in the neck, after an argument.

It happened near a convenience store on North Main Street in Griswold.

"I was trying to hold his neck," Kim Bewlay said crying.

Bewlay, Coddington's girlfriend, remembers the horrifying scene, holding on to her boyfriend.

Now she holds their two-month-old son Jahtel.

"How is it to look into this little guy's eyes," asked News 8's Tina Detelj.

"It's hard," Bewlay said, "he looks just like his dad."

Bewlay had brought their two sons to Coddington''s house in Jewett City to visit his sister on Tuesday when she ran into Coddington as well. She had a restraining order against him and they began to fight. Coddington's brother Jeffrey Savoy stepped in and the fight escalated when he pulled a knife stabbing Coddington in the neck. Wounded he went to the nearby Bestway looking for help where she says the owner didn't want him there, but did call 911.

"I was sitting there trying to hold his neck and stop him," said Bewlay. "The guy like moved, tried to pull him by his feet, trying to move him telling us we had to move. He did give a bottle of water away, but it was to me."

Bewlay held him, but couldn't control the bleeding. Coddington was pronounced dead at the hospital.

In court, his brother who has violated probation twice for previous assaults was ordered held on a $1 million bond.

The crime scene tape is gone, but the loss still lingers. Family members gathered on the back porch of a home near where the fight started, trying to comfort each other.

They echo Bewlay's anguish.

"I'm trying to be strong for my kids," Bewlay said. "I'm trying to be strong for his family right now, I think we just need each other."

It is a double tragedy for the families.