A woman from Connecticut killed herself just hours before she was supposed to be sentenced for the death of her husband.
The 76-year-old Linda Kosuta-Bigazzi was discovered dead in her Burlington home on the morning of July 24. She had killed herself, the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner told PEOPLE on August 12. The office of the medical examiner says that she died because she was poisoned by ethylene glycol.
The CDC says that ethylene glycol is an “industrial compound” that can be found in items like “antifreeze, hydraulic brake fluids, some stamp pad inks, ballpoint pens, solvents, paints, plastics, films, and cosmetics.”
It was around 10:37 a.m. on July 24 when someone called the Connecticut State Police to Kosuda-Bigazzi’s house saying that they “could not make contact with the resident.” From what the Associated Press knows, she was set to be sentenced that day at 2 p.m. for the death of her 84-year-old husband, Dr. Pierluigi Bigazzi.
“Attempts by responding Troopers to initiate contact with anyone inside of the residence were unsuccessful and with the assistance of the local fire department, Troopers made entry into the residence,” said the state police. “An unresponsive female was located within the residence, who was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene.”
Someone named Kosuda-Bigazzi was found dead four months after she admitted to killing in the first degree and theft in the first degree in court in March.
An overview of her criminal record that PEOPLE had seen before showed that she was arrested after her husband, who worked at the University of Connecticut, was found dead in their basement on February 5, 2018.
Sharmese L. Walcott, the state’s attorney for the Hartford Judicial District, said in a news release that the victim’s employer had not heard from the victim in several months and called the police to check on her welfare.
“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 said.
