A 76-year-old Connecticut woman accused of killing her husband, hiding his body for months and collecting his wages has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, state prosecutors announced Monday.
Linda Kosda Bigazzi was arrested in February 2018 for the death of her husband, Dr. Pierluigi Bigazzi, a professor of laboratory science and pathology at UConn Health. The 84-year-old man’s body was discovered in the basement of the couple’s home in Burlington, Connecticut, when police arrived for a welfare check.
The coroner said Dr. Bigazzi died of blunt force trauma to the head. Investigators said they believe he died sometime in July 2017 and that his University Health paycheck was deposited into the couple’s joint checking account from the time of his death until February 2018. .
Murdered doctor’s body may have been left in his Connecticut home for months
Prosecutors pursuing the murder case against Bigazzi Kosuda have claimed that he wrapped her body in plastic and left it in his home for several months while he continued to collect his salary.
A 76-year-old Connecticut woman accused of killing her husband, hiding his body for months and collecting his wages has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, state prosecutors announced Monday.
Kosda-Bigazzi had claimed self-defense in the killing.
Kosda Bigazzi pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and first-degree theft, Hartford County Attorney Shermese Wolcott said Monday.
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“This case has been pending for six years, so we are grateful to be able to reach a resolution today,” Wolcott said in a prepared release.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 28th.
