Massachusetts knifeman Jared Ravizza had a bizarre domestic situation, living with a 70-year-old divorcee in a holiday home before his May 25 stabbing spree, which injured four children and two adults.
The self-proclaimed marketing guru, 26, is also suspected of murdering Bruce Feldman and two dogs in Connecticut earlier in the day to kick off the violent rampage, Connecticut police said.
Ravizza is curently being held in custody for mental health evaluation after being charged with stabbing two adults at a McDonald’s. Charges for his stabbing four girls under 18 and over the death of Feldman are pending.
It is unknown how the two men knew each other or came to be living together.
Feldman, 70, of West Hartford, Connecticut, was an inventor who had fallen on hard times after a nasty divorce.
Local gossips suggested to The Post he may have teamed up with Ravizza to get help marketing his ideas, such as the Ultimate Leaf Lifter, or his pet dog Lily — whom he had stolen.
Feldman’s tearful ex, Julia, told The Post: “The whole thing’s really shocking,” earlier this week but declined to speak further.
She had been through a long and bitter divorce, at one point seeking a restrainig order against her ex.
Julia said in court documents after their split Feldman would often beg for money and become erratic when he didn’t get it from her.
In one instance, he said he wouldn’t leave her driveway if she didn’t hand over cash and started drinking from a large bottle of vodka and smoking weed insider her house, forcing her to find a hotel for the night.
The former couple, who have an adult son together, also fought over Julia’s poodle, Lily.
Court documents allege Feldman was so broke he snatched the dog, as part of a bid to monetize videos of the pooch.
In an affidavit filed in support of the restraining order, Julia claimed Feldman ambushed her while she was walking Lily and a tug-of-war over the poodle ensued.
“A car pulled alongside; it was Bruce,” Julia Feldman said in the signed affidavit.
“He lowered the window and said he needed to take Lily for a couple of days.
“He reached down and grabbed the dog by the harness and started pulling her towards the car. I struggled with Bruce who was pushing me with one hand and dragging the dog with the other.”
It was alleged Bruce bent his ex-wife’s thumb backwards to prize the poodle out of her grasp, then sped off with Lily in his lap and Julia clinging to the side of the moving car.
“Bruce put the car in reverse and starting driving backwards. I was still half in the car and now half being dragged down the street trying to keep my feet and keep my hold of the dog,” Julia said.
“I was afraid of being seriously hurt or run over, and eventually lost my grip and fell to my knees on the road.
“Bruce drove off with Lily.”
In a picture of obtained by The Post, Feldman sits on a couch with Lily on his lap and Ravizza by his side. Ravizza also had a poodle, with black hair, named Lyra.
Residents in the sleepy town of Deep River, where Ravizza’s stabbing spree is suspected to have begun, recently told The Post Feldman had moaned about being broke but still had plans to make money out of the dog, by breeding her.
“Bruce said several times he was broke. He made it clear he did not have money,”
“Bruce had a gray poodle. Bruce made a big deal about it being a gray mountain poodle or some other rare breed, and he said he was going to breed it, and it was in heat.”
Feldman’s ex-wife claimed Bruce took Lily ransom for four days in early June 2022 — three weeks before the alleged abduction — demanding she sign over joint-custody of the poodle before he gave it back.
“He went on about hating me and demanding $7,000 a month in alimony and also that, apparently, he’s made the dog a part of his business, without my agreement, and has spent a lot of money on a marketing campaign around her that months ago I told him I explicitly didn’t agree with,” Julia Feldman wrote in the affidavit.
“And accusing me of sabotaging him by not letting him videotape her.
“My neighbor has advised that he has begun a Youtube channel about her and is posting video daily.”
Feldman also stood accused of stealing his former mother-in-law’s engagement ring and demanding $5000 for its return or he would hock it.
It remains to be seen how Bruce Feldman and Ravizza connected, according to locals.
Cybersecurity consultant Charlie Brashears, 54, who lives next door to their rental told The Post that Feldman had previously identified himself as Ravizza’s friend and then his father.
“My understanding is he stabbed the dogs to death,” Brashears said.
“Bruce was an odd duck. Jared obviously had a clear [mental health] break.”
