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By KARA O'CONNOR

Villager Staff Writer


WILTON -- A Wilton family named in a civil suit that claims a member of that family willfully caused the death of Wilton teen Nicholas Parisot has sold their Hickory Hill Road home and is planning to move to California.

According to the Town Clerk's Office, Glenn and Barbara Knight sold their home at 97 Hickory Hill Road on Tuesday for $1,030,000 and plan to move to Placentia, Calif. The Knight's house was put up for sale on Sept. 8 and was listed under William Raveis.

This past June, Wilton residents Rick Parisot and Katherine Throckmorton, of 274 Nod Hill Road, filed a civil suit against Glenn and Barbara Knight and their 12-year-old son, claiming the "willful and malicious conduct" of the 12-year-old caused the death of their son, Nicholas Parisot.

On the afternoon of June 13, 2008, 13-year-old Nicholas was riding his motorized bike on a trail in a wooded area near Hickory Hill and Hillbrook roads and struck a rope strung across the trail. He suffered severe injuries to his neck and body, resulting in his death shortly thereafter. Wilton police labeled the case a criminal homicide, but have yet to bring charges against anyone.

The civil suit, which seeks $15,000 in damages, alleges the 12-year-old male "strung a rope across a trail in the area of the woods to the rear of his family's property." The court document states the pre-teen "tied the rope to two trees on each side of the trail to create a sudden and unavoidable blockage of the trail, creating a dangerous condition on the trail that he knew was likely to cause physical injury to persons riding motorized bikes on the trail."

The Knights filed a motion for a protective order on Nov. 5 and again on Jan. 11. According to the court documents, the protective order was issued "to protect the constitutional rights" of the defendant. The motion also stated "the court in this matter must grant the protective order filed in this case to preserve the defendant's Fifth Amendment rights."

The Knights and their attorney did not return calls for this story.

According to Lt. Donald Wakeman of the Wilton Police Department, the case is currently open and is still being actively investigated. Wakeman said pertinent information has been developed that points towards a specific suspect, and the department will continue to pursue information that will enable an arrest to be made, no matter how long that takes.

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