A Connecticut woman who confessed to murdering her husband was also cashing his paychecks while spending months living with his decaying body in their basement.
On Tuesday, Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi, 76, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and larceny - both charges in the first degree - in connection with the death of her late husband, 84-year-old Pierluigi Bigazzi, according to the state attorney's office.
Kosuda-Bigazzi was arrested in February 2018, months after she killed Pierluigi by striking him in the head, the medical examiner determined, the Hartford Courant previously reported. It's believed he died sometime between July 2017 and early February 2018.
Pierluigi - a former University of Connecticut medical school professor - was found dead in the couple's basement of their Burlington, Connecticut, home during a welfare check after he failed to show up to work for several months, authorities said.
Despite his death, investigators determined Pierluigi's paychecks continued to be deposited into the couple's joint bank account.
"This case has been pending for six years so we are thankful we were able to reach a resolution today," State's Attorney Sharmese Walcott said in a statement earlier this week.
Kosuda-Bigazzi is scheduled for sentencing June 28.
