'Cannibal' killer warning signs exposed in new report with release plan already in motion
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Recently released prison documents reveal that Tyree Smith, famously known as the “Connecticut Cannibal,” displayed aggressive behavior while incarcerated and was deemed a “serious threat to life” prior to his release, as reported by the media.

Smith admitted to the gruesome 2011 murder of Angel Gonzalez, a homeless man in Connecticut, confessing to consuming parts of the victim’s remains in a cemetery.

In 2013, a tribunal of three judges declared Smith not guilty due to insanity concerning Gonzalez’s death. Nevertheless, he was sentenced to a 60-year commitment at Connecticut Valley Hospital.

Smith was granted a conditional release by the Nutmeg State’s Psychiatric Security Review Board in February 2025, which allows him to leave Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown. However, Smith will remain under supervision and will continue to receive mental health services, according to WTNH.

Connecticut state Sen. Paul Cicarella

Connecticut state Sen. Paul Cicarella and fellow Republican state Senators Henry Martin, Heather Somers and Stephen Harding called the decision to release Tyree Smith “outrageous” and “mind-boggling.” (Getty Images)

Authorities determined that Smith was too dangerous to return to the general inmate population following the brawl. As a result, Smith was placed into segregation, and his file was stamped with a warning saying, “The inmate’s presence poses a serious threat to life, property, other inmates, or facility security.”

In January 2012, a month after he had been hacked to death, Gonzalez’s mutilated body was found in a vacant apartment in Bridgeport, Connecticut, 65 miles northeast of New York City, the Associated Press reported. One of Smith’s cousins, Nicole Rabb, testified that Smith had told her he had eaten part of Gonzalez’s brain and an eyeball while drinking sake.

Smith had warned his cousin that he was going to kill someone, hours before Gonzalez was murdered, Rabb previously told police.

“I mean, I’ve heard of Hannibal Lecter, but I never thought I could have someone in my family who would actually eat someone,” Rabb said. 

Following the February announcement of Smith’s release, critics, including Republican state Sen. Paul Cicarella, argued that Smith should not be released and should remain under close watch in a hospital.

“Murder and cannibalism and release in the same sentence. That’s a problem. That’s concerning to me,” he told WFSB.

Cicarella and fellow Republican state Senators Henri Martin, Heather Somers and Stephen Harding called the decision “outrageous” and “mind-boggling.”

“This individual killed and ate part of his victim and was found not guilty by reason of insanity,” the lawmakers said in a statement. “His victim’s family raised objections about his release. What about THEM? Where is the justice for THEM? This terrible decision puts public safety in jeopardy and is yet another terrible message to send to CT violent crime victims and their families. This person should never be out. We are dumbfounded at this injustice. In what universe is this OK?”

The Connecticut Department of Corrections did not respond to a request for comment.

Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion contributed to this report. 

Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, national crime cases, illegal immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com

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