Man convicted in 1984 home invasion attacks claims he doesn't remember committing them: "If I was this monster, I hope he is dead"

A former education executive was sentenced Monday in Connecticut to 40 to 72 years in prison on kidnapping charges connected to a series of 1984 home invasion attacks on four women who say they were sexually assaulted by him. The crimes were solved in 2020 with the help of a genealogy database, as well as a DNA sample originally taken from the man's trash, which matched samples found at the crime scenes.

Michael Sharpe, 71, a former leader of a charter school organization, apologized to the women during the hearing in Hartford Superior Court, after saying he has memory problems and had no recollection of the crimes, The Hartford Courant reported.

"I don't know what happened. I don't know. But I'm so sorry. So, so, so, so sorry," he said. "You deserve so much better. No one should ever come into your home and violate you. If I was this person, if I was this monster, I hope he is dead inside that two months of my life."