Nicholas, then 20, killed 58-year-old Frank Azzaretto in the kitchen of their family home in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, in February 2020 amid a domestic dispute. Frank was fighting with his wife, Patricia, over a phone bill when he became violent, the Pocono Record reported at the time.
A man who stabbed his wife to death in their New York City apartment left their infant son alone with her slain body before hanging himself in a nearby park, it has emerged.
Mary Kate Golding, 34, a set designer, was found dead with a knife lodged in her back at her family’s property in Astoria on Tuesday.
Her husband, Joseph Azzaretto, 33, was found hanging from a tree in Astoria Park around six hours later.
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Azzaretto left the couple’s 11-month-old son Nolan with his wife’s corpse, law enforcement sources told the New York Post.
The orphaned infant was found by Golding’s friend after Azzaretto allegedly called her to confess to the killing, the insiders said.
A neighbor told the newspaper how the friend was ‘screaming’ after she discovered the body and then ‘took the baby and walked out’ of the basement apartment. Golding’s parents later arrived and took Nolan into their care.
Police have not formally classified the deaths as a murder-suicide, but investigators believe Azzaretto killed Golding following an argument and then fled the home. Both were reportedly in the film and TV industry, with Golding’s IMDB page revealing that she worked on The Marvelous Mrs Maisel and Goosebumps.
Golding’s death is not the first violent tragedy to plague the family. Azzaretto’s younger brother, Nicholas, shot and killed their father six years ago.
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Mary Kate Golding, 34, was stabbed to death just after midnight on Tuesday. Her infant son Nolan had been left alone with her slain body, law enforcement sources say
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Her husband, Joseph Azzaretto, 33, was found hanging from a tree in Astoria Park around six hours later. Investigators believe he killed his wife following an argument
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Police found Golding’s body in her family’s basement apartment in Astoria. Investigators say a knife had been lodged in her back
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Nicholas, then 20, killed 58-year-old Frank Azzaretto in the kitchen of their family home in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, in February 2020 amid a domestic dispute.
Frank was fighting with his wife, Patricia, over a phone bill when he became violent, the Pocono Record reported at the time.
He threw plants and pictures, and started pushing Patricia around, she testified.
Nicholas, who heard the fight from the basement bedroom, came upstairs and found Frank being physical with his mother, the court heard.
Frank ordered Nicholas to go to the basement and closed the door on him. Nicholas then came back upstairs with a 12-gauge shotgun and shot Frank in the shoulder.
Pellets entered Frank’s chest and he was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died.
The defense, during the court proceedings, said that there was a history of abuse in the Azzaretto family, with Frank having an ‘apparent abuse streak in his personality.’
Nicholas, now 26, later pled guilty to third-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter, according to public records.
