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By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN , Associated Press writer

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Jonathon Edington, an attorney who had recently moved into this affluent town, looked to one of his neighbors like a doting dad and a computer geek.
Edington liked to walk around the neighborhood with his 2-year-old daughter and his dog, Darrell Maynard said.
"He seemed to be a very nice low-key man," Maynard said. "It seemed like he really loved his daughter. He was really good with her."
But Edington faces murder and burglary charges after authorities say he climbed through a neighbor's bedroom window and stabbed him to death because a family member said the man had molested his daughter.
Barry James, 58, was stabbed in the chest nearly a dozen times Monday. Edington, 29, appeared in court Tuesday and was released yesterday after posting $1 million bond.
Capt. Gary MacNamara said yesterday that police had not received a complaint about the child being assaulted before the killing, and "we have no indication it's true or not true."
Edington's attorney, Michael Sherman, said the information came from Edington's wife.
"The daughter gave the mother information which was alarming and disturbing. The mom relayed it to her husband. That was the spark," Sherman said.
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James' 87-year-old mother discovered his body. When officers went to Edington's home a short time later, they found him standing by his kitchen sink with what appeared to be blood on him, authorities said. Officers said a large kitchen knife was next to him on a counter.
"He's in shock," Sherman said. "This is the most unexpected turn of events one can imagine with this young man's background."
Police had gone to the neighborhood before, when Edington called to complain that he could see James through a window, police said.
"Either he was partly clothed or revealed parts of his anatomy that were inappropriate," MacNamara said.
Edington, a graduate of Syracuse University and Fordham University Law School, has been practicing patent law, Sherman said. Police said Edington has no criminal record.
Rita James declined to comment on her son's death.
Pat Wysocki, a neighbor who has known the James family for 39 years, described Barry James as a "very nice fellow" who worked for a funeral home and said she found it hard to believe he would molest a child.
"But then again, you don't know," she said.
James served two days in prison in May 2001 on a drunken driving charge, according to the state Department of Correction.
"He had some bizarre behavior over the last month," Maynard said. "He drove his car through his garage, hit the other neighbor's building."
Another time a neighbor found James intoxicated on the street, Maynard said. James shouted obscenities at children, he said.
Maynard said his wife heard screams and shouting Monday from the house.
"Something had to happen that was terrible for this to have occurred," Maynard said. "He was not anybody you would ever feel you were threatened by."

We should give this guy a medal !!!!!!!

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Posted by: no$.10

OUTSTANDING, Jonathon Edington, this BUD's for you!!

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

As long as He actually molested her, this is a good thing...taking out the trash! Ive learned from experience that first reports are usually wrong. less any one thinks Im soft on these pervs, My daughter was raped at age 5 in columbus GA. He took a serious beating and served 15 years in a Ga work camp.

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