13 things about Ridgefield, Connecticut’s Kristen Hogan

Kristen Emily Hogan is an alumna of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, United States. It is a private liberal arts college established on March 16, 1855.

BIOGRAPHY

Hogan is a resident of Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA. Her parents Frank Hogan and Kim Hogan are residents of New Canaan, Connecticut.

Aside from Ridgefield, Emily has lived in other parts of Connecticut along with New Canaan and Shelton. She has a daughter and a son.

On August 7, 2025, Emily turned 33. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From 2010 to 2014, she attended Bates College where she earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy.
2. In 2012, she was a social media intern at Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition in Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
3. In 2013, she was a personal assistant at the Independent Furniture Company in New Canaan.
4. In 2014, she was a teaching assistant at Bates College.
5. From 2014 to 2022, she was a development manager at The Women’s Business Development Council in Stamford, Connecticut.
6. In 2018, she and Nicholas Wayne Van Houten got engaged.
7. In 2019, she and Van Houten got married.
8. From 2020 to 2021, she was married to Anthony Abraham.
9. In 2020, she gave birth to her daughter.
10. In 2021, she gave birth to her son.
11. In 2022, she became a research and marketing director at Intelisearch, Inc. in Stamford.
12. In 2023, she and Van Houten purchased a house in Ridgefield.
13. In 2025, she was accused of poisoning Van Houten.

TIMELINE

Emily is 1 year younger than Van Houten. His parents Sam Van Houten and Jody Van Houten are residents of Stamford.

2010s

• In October 2014, she joined The Women’s Business Development Council.
• On September 1, 2018, her parents announced her engagement to Nicholas.
• On June 1, 2019, she and Nicholas got married.

2020s

• On March 22, 2020, she and Abraham got married.
• On September 25, 2020, she gave birth to her daughter. Paternity testing was later performed as part of Nicholas’s divorce case and Abraham was determined not to be the biological father of the child.
• On October 5, 2021, her marriage to Abraham ended.
• On October 24, 2021, she gave birth to her son.
• In May 2022, she left The Women’s Business Development Council and joined Intelisearch, Inc.
• On February 17, 2023, Nicholas filed a parentage petition along with a supporting affidavit and motion for deoxyribonucleic acid paternity testing in the New Canaan Probate Court to establish genetic parentage of her daughter.
• On August 3, 2023, she was ordered to submit her DNA along with Nicholas and their daughter to the same laboratory.
• In May 2025, she was separated from Nicholas and she moved into her parents’ residence in New Canaan with her daughter.
• On July 17, 2025, the court adjudicated Nicholas as the biological father of her son.
• On July 28, 2025, she made Google searches for chemicals like citrate-cyanide, monoethylene glycol, potassium cyanide and potassium ferricyanide and bought a bottle of monoethylene glycol, which she claimed she used to clean the carpet at her parents’ residence.
• On August 6, 2025, she searched on Google the words “”penalty for not appearing for court hearing on your own motion”.
• On August 7, 2025, she put antifreeze into a bottle of wine at the Ridgefield residence she and Nicholas co-own while they were in a custody battle for their child. He arrived at Danbury Superior Court in response to a complaint she filed while she did not show up. On August 10, 2025, he drank a small amount of the wine and became increasingly ill. He was hospitalized from August 11-22, 2025.
• On August 15, 2025, she filed a complaint appealing the court’s decision adjudicating Nicholas as the biological father of her son.
• On September 27, 2025, her son was hospitalized for symptoms similar to those of Nicholas in August 2025.
• At around 11:00 a.m. on October 3, 2025, she was arrested by the Connecticut State Police. She was charged with one count of interfering with an officer and two counts of attempted murder. Her bond was set at $1 million.