Connecticut man pleads not guilty to killing parents over will

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A Connecticut man charged with killing his parents because they planned to cut him out of their will has pleaded not guilty.

Kyle Navin remains held on $2.5 million bond after waiving a probable cause hearing and pleading not guilty Wednesday to two counts of murder.

Navin is charged with shooting his parents, Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin, of Easton. They were reported missing in August and their bodies were found in October.

Authorities allege the 26-year-old Kyle Navin killed his parents with his girlfriend's help to get their money. His girlfriend, Jennifer Valiante, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and hindering prosecution, reports CBS New York.

According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Jeanette Navin told a friend shortly before her disappearance that she was at her wits end with her son and was cutting him out of the will.

Jeanette Navin was upset about her son's behavior and drug use, and his failure to pay the mortgage and taxes on the home they bought him, according to the arrest warrant for Valiante obtained by CBS New York.

Police said a month before his parents disappeared, Navin wrote to Valiante that he had the "perfect plan" to get "$ for life."

Authorities previously disclosed text messages in which Jeffrey Navin asked his son if he hurt his mother, and in which Jeffrey Navin expressed concern he was being framed for his wife's killing. The texts were sent the day the Navins vanished.

According to the arrest warrant affidavit for Valiante, Jeffrey Navin texted his son on Aug. 4 -- the day he disappeared -- saying he would not go home until his knew his wife was OK. The father also asked his son if he hurt his mother.

"No absolutely not. Why would you think," Kyle Navin responded, according to the affidavit.

"I go home and get framed for murder," Jeffrey Navin then texted.

"Oh stop," Kyle Navin texted back.

Navin's lawyer refused comment outside court.