Astoria Police Link 34-Year-Old Mary Kate Golding's Stabbing to Husband's Hanging
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Updated · Queens Chronicle · Jul 24
Astoria Police Link 34-Year-Old Mary Kate Golding's Stabbing to Husband's Hanging
3 articles · Updated · Queens Chronicle · Jul 24
Summary
12:24 a.m. Tuesday, NYPD officers found Mary Kate Golding, 34, dead from a stab wound to her back inside her Astoria home; her 11-month-old son was unharmed at the scene.
Several hours later, police found a man dead in Astoria Park and said the two deaths were connected through “some type of domestic relationship,” though they had not formally identified him pending family notification.
Multiple media reports identified the man as Golding’s husband, Joseph Azzaretto, and described the case as an apparent murder-suicide after he allegedly hanged himself in the park.
Golding worked as an assistant set decorator in film and television, while neighbors told the New York Post Azzaretto had appeared violent, adding to signs of domestic abuse behind the killings.