Sebastian Tzampop, accused of killing a man from the same Guatamalan village at their New London apartment on Christmas Day 2013, told a New London judge Tuesday that he wants to resolve his case and get back to his family.

Tzampop, 32, has been incarcerated since he allegedly confessed to city police that he killed his sleeping roommate, 39-year-old Antonio Chajon, after being overtaken by an evil spirit. 

He has pleaded not guilty and has been making regular appearances in Superior Court. He recently received a new court-appointed attorney, J. Patten Brown III of West Hartford.  

Judge Hillary B. Strackbein told Tzampop that he would receive a plea offer at his next court appearance, which is Feb. 22. She said the state's attorney's office needs to make contact with the victim's family in Guatemala. 

If Tzampop rejects the offer, the case will go to trial.

Speaking through a Spanish interpreter, he told the judge, "with all due respect," that he wants a trial and he wants it soon.

"My family at this moment is abandoned, and how much time will it be for this to be resolved?" he said.

The judge told him that he is eligible to file a motion for a speedy trial if the case can't be resolved short of trial, and that the trial could take place "fairly soon."

Under state law, Tzampop is eligible to request that his trial begin within 30 days because he has been incarcerated for more than eight months. 

"I would like to go to trial," he said. "I would like to be out of jail as soon as possible. I feel very alone."

Tzampop and Chajon, a restaurant worker, had been drinking with several other roommates at their apartment at 15 Hope St., according to police. 

Called to the apartment about 11 a.m. on Christmas Day, they said they found Chajon on the floor of his second-floor bedroom with obvious signs he had been beaten about the face and head.

His room was in disarray as if a struggle had occurred, according to the police report.

The medical examiner later ruled that Chajon died of neck compression "with blunt injuries of head and trunk." In addition, Chajon sustained multiple rib fractures, a lacerated liver, a broken hyoid bone in his neck and broken tracheal cartilage.

Questioned by police, Tzampop, whose hands were bruised and swollen, said initially that he didn't remember what happened, according to police.

Shown photos of Chajon's injuries, he allegedly told police he felt an "evil, spiritual presence" overtake him and started beating Chajon, who was asleep in bed.

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