CT - Ezequiel Zayas, 26, secretly lived in family's home in 2019 with plans to drug and "perform surgery" on them; formerly a missing person - 7/18/22

[Bishop Black]

‘He wanted to play doctor on us’: Terrifying stranger secretly lived in our home

A couple are “lucky to be alive” after experiencing the creepy phenomenon known as “phrogging.”

nypost.com

The couple and their two young sons had been away from their Honolulu home for about a week. They returned home on September 20, 2019, to find something terrible.

James went to open his home’s front door, but found he couldn’t. A stranger was inside, pulling it closed.

James grabbed a sledgehammer for protection and managed to get the man out of the house while Brittany called 911

The police arrived and arrested the man, a 23-year-old named Ezequiel Zayas, KHON2 reported. But, after he was hauled away, the nightmare was just beginning.

The inside of their home was in utter chaos. Pots and pans were piled on top of each other. In the living room, James’ musical equipment had all been taken out. Their bedroom was in complete disarray.

What they found next was much more upsetting.

Someone had used one of their old laptops to record disturbing diary entries and details about the family.

“There [were] all these typed notes called ‘The Omnivore Trials: A rehabilitation for Ratlike people’,” James says on the show.

“This is when we realized this person had been in our home a lot longer,” Brittany told The Post.

Brittany noticed knives that had been laid out next to the computer. And she found a typed “manifesto” about gruesome plans for the Campbells — including surgeries such as “sexual reconstruction” and a “hand transplant.”

Suddenly the family regarded strange occurrences in the home in recent months — a computer’s webcam turning on in the middle of the night, doors that were left open or unlocked, the dog barking — with fresh horror.

It is still unclear how Zayas got into the Campbells’ two story house or how long he lurked there. But the journal mentioned very personal details about them, such as the fact that Brittany was undergoing fertility treatments, which the couple hadn’t shared with anyone.

After his arrest, Zayas was charged with burglary and released. Shortly after, he was arrested again, this time for allegedly vandalizing a Buddhist temple.

In 2020, while in a correctional facility for that crime, Zayas allegedly killed a fellow inmate, 62-year-old Vance J. Grace.

He was charged with murder in the first and second degrees in the fall of 2020 and pleaded not guilty. The man was “found unfit to proceed” and is currently at the Hawaii State Hospital, according to court records, awaiting trial.

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Back in 2019, Zayas was reported as a missing person until his arrest and charge with burglary for illegally squatting in the Campbell's home with his plans to drug and perform "surgery" on them:

Recovered/Located - CT - Ezequiel Zayas, 23, Bridgeport, 29 July 2019

It’s been more than two weeks since Bridgeport resident Ezequiel Zayas was last seen, according to a Silver Alert sent out Wednesday. Zayas, 23, is described as a white man with brown hair and brown eyes, standing 6 feet tall and weighing around 150 pounds. Police say he was last seen wearing...

www.websleuths.com

 

[ifindedout]

Sentenced in Aug. 2023. Bolding original.

'Phrogger' sentenced to 40 years for burglary, prison killing

'Phrogger' gets 40 years for burglary, prison killing

spectrumlocalnews.com

HONOLULU — A man who secretly lived in a military family’s home and later brutally beat his prison cellmate to death was sentenced to 40 years Wednesday on four separate criminal convictions.

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What You Need To Know​

• Ezequiel Zayas received 20 years in prison for manslaughter, 10 years for first-degree burglary, five years for second-degree burglary and another five years for second-degree assault
• According to prosecutors, Zayas secretly lived in a Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam residence belonging to James and Brittany Campbell when the couple and their two children were away on vacation for a week in 2019. Police later discovered that Zayas had kept detailed plans for performing surgery on the family on a laptop in the house, indicating he likely was inside the house for longer than a week
• The bizarre case drew national attention, and Zayas’ case was featured on the Lifetime show "Phrogging: Hider in My House"
• The sentencing came exactly three years from the date that Zayas killed 62-year-old Vance Grace in an unprovoked prison attack in which Zayas pummeled Grace with his hands and stomped on his head

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Ezequiel Zayas received 20 years in prison for manslaughter, 10 years for first-degree burglary, five years for second-degree burglary and another five years for second-degree assault. The sentences will run consecutively for a total sentence of 40 years.

 

[LadyL]

what a nightmare
that poor dog was trying to tell them!
I can't imagine continuing to live there - I would want to sell!
thank goodness he wasn't able to follow through with his sadistic plans