Lance Morales, the man accused of killing a 4-month-old baby and his mother in Hartford before running off to Puerto Rico, faced a Connecticut judge Monday.

Lance Morales was brought back to Connecticut on Saturday to face a judge after allegedly killing a mom and her baby, and escaping to Puerto Rico. “He even attempted to elude capture for several days.

A Springfield mother owed a man $400 for renting a car from him. When she fell behind on payments, he tracked her down in Hartford and opened fire, police say.

A man accused of shooting and killing a mother and her 4-month-old child in Hartford in November allegedly opened fire over a $400 debt and did so moments after acknowledging that the baby was in the vehicle,

Lance Morales, 23, charged in the drive-by killings of Jessiah Mercado and her 4-month-old son in Hartford, was held Monday on $5 million court-set bail.

A man charged in a drive-by shooting that killed a woman and her 4-month-old baby in Connecticut last month has been ordered held on $5 million bail.

A Connecticut man accused of killing a 20-year-old mother and her baby over an apparent $400 debt made his first court appearance this week. Lance Benuet Morales, 23, of Waterbury, Conn., is charged with murder after Jessiah Mercado and her four-month-old child Messiah Diaz were gunned down Nov.