Conn. Woman Who Confessed to Killing Husband Died by Suicide Hours Before Sentencing

Mar. 15, 2025

Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi during a court appearance in Feb. 13, 2018.Photo:Patrick Raycraft/Hartford Courant via AP

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Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi booking photo.Connecticut State Police via AP

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The Connecticut State Policewere called to Kosuda-Bigazzi’s home at approximately 10:37 a.m. on July 24 after an individual reported that they were “unable to make contact with the resident.” She was scheduled to be sentenced at 2 p.m. that day for the death of her husband, Dr. Pierluigi Bigazzi, 84, per theAssociated Press.

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Kosuda-Bigazzi was found dead four months aftershe pleaded guiltyto a charge of manslaughter in the first degree and larceny in the first degree during a court appearance in March.

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Apress releasefrom Hartford Judicial District State’s Attorney Sharmese L. Walcott stated that police were called to do a welfare check at the home “from the victim’s employer, who had not heard from the victim for several months.”

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“An investigation showed paychecks from the victim’s employer continued to be deposited into the couple’s joint checking account from the time of his death, which authorities believe to be sometime in July 2017, until his body was discovered in early February 2018,” the press release stated.

source: people.com