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A popular bike path became the scene of a gruesome murder late Thursday when a life insurance executive was killed while running near her Connecticut home. Melissa Millan, 54, a triathlete and mother of two, was found stabbed at about 8 p.m. in the Hartford suburb of Simsbury, Conn. Police have stepped up patrols of the bike path and scoured the area on Saturday, but no suspect has been named and the murder weapon has not been recovered, WFSB reported. Millan, a senior vice president who had been with MassMutual Financial Group since 2001, was transported to an area hospital,...

SPRINGFIELD – MassMutual confirmed Wednesday night it will lay off 75 employees at its Springfield operation, primarily within the information technology department, as part of a restructuring, a company official said. Mark E. Cybulski, director of corporate relations, said the layoffs were the result of a review of operations for its Enterprise Technology Organization, which is in charge of information technology systems.

MassMutual Financial Group disclosed that the reason for the sudden ouster of its top executive involved his conduct, but the insurer did not offer further details about Robert J. O'Connell's abrupt firing. The mutually owned insurer did, however, confirm that O'Connell was not the only member of MassMutual's management to lose his job late last week. In response to inquiries from The Republican, a MassMutual spokesman confirmed Friday that two others were no longer with the company, the Springfield newspaper said. They are Susan A. Alfano, who left Thursday as executive vice president for enterprise systems and services, and Ann...