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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e0e57b9366997eae5e34c5edf822e555 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#af0c0c;font-size:14px"><strong>WARNING: Graphic Content </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ea30bd634ba2e5c025dc2ce7240a0c8b wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1a0303;font-size:14px"><strong>Mary Kate Golding, 34, a set designer, was found dead with a knife lodged in her back at her family&#8217;s property in Astoria, in Queens, NY on Tuesday, July 21 </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3453912e0caa4efa9f015d991c57f5ac wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1a0303;font-size:14px"><strong>Her husband, Joseph Azzaretto, 33, was found hanging from a tree in Astoria Park around six hours later </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-da9536c35f4633fe55052d8b03accfef wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1a0303;font-size:14px"><strong>NYPD said Azzaretto stabbed his wife to death in their apartment, left their infant son alone with her slain body, before hanging himself in the nearby park </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f41d46cba5134b17a37a07d200fcd769 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1a0303;font-size:14px"><strong>Azzaretto left the couple&#8217;s 11-month-old son Nolan with his wife&#8217;s corpse</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-62a4042f0379501c0be7ae1187a55ed4 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1a0303;font-size:14px"><strong>The orphaned infant was found by Golding&#8217;s friend after Azzaretto allegedly called her to confess to the killing </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5a15a04dcdc754afcbd22bb5d5298e9b wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1a0303;font-size:14px"><strong>Golding and Azzaretto, both reportedly in the film and TV industry, moved from Pennsylvania to New York just two months earlier </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eb8e79580b8843b48eb3a50bcff7f6f1 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1a0303;font-size:14px"><strong>Joseph Azzaretto&#8217;s younger brother, Nicholas, reportedly, shot and killed their father Frank Azzaretto, 58, six years ago </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-074c49aa3219ec53129ea32e39ddc52f wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1a0303;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>Frank Azzaretto was shot dead in his Monroe County, PA, home in February 2020 amid a domestic dispute with his wife, his son Nicholas later pled guilty to his killing</strong></strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Movie set designer Mary Kate Golding, [photo], was stabbed to death with a knife at home in Astoria, Queens, NYC, just after midnight on Tuesday. Her infant son Nolan had been left alone with her slain body</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">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.<br>Movie set designer, Mary Kate Golding, 34, was found dead with a knife lodged in her back at her family&#8217;s property in Astoria, New York City on Tuesday, July 21. Her infant son was beside the body but her husband was not in the home. However, six hours later, Joseph Azzaretto, 33, was found hanging from a tree in Astoria Park.<br>Police believe Azzaretto killed his wife, then left their 11-month-old son Nolan with his wife&#8217;s corpse, before taking his own life. The infant <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/07/21/us-news/nyc-mom-stabbed-to-death-hours-before-hubbys-body-discovered-hanging-in-nearby-park/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="">reportedly</a>, was found by Golding&#8217;s friend after Azzaretto allegedly called her to report that he&#8217;d killed his spouse.<br>One neighbor heard the friend was &#8216;screaming&#8217; after she discovered the body and then &#8216;took the baby and walked out&#8217; of the basement apartment. Golding&#8217;s parents later arrived and took Nolan into their care. <br>Law enforcement is leaning towards murder-suicide. Investigators believe Azzaretto killed Golding following an argument and then fled the home. <br>The couple both worked in the film and TV industry. According to Mary Golding&#8217;s IMDB page, she worked on The Marvelous Mrs Maisel and Goosebumps.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Joseph Azzaretto, 33, was found hanging from a tree in Astoria Park, NYC, around six hours hours after his wife was found stabbed to death in their home. Investigators believe he killed his wife following an argument, abandoned their infant with the body and left home to hang himself</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Golding&#8217;s death is not the first violent tragedy to plague the family. Joseph Azzaretto&#8217;s younger brother, Nicholas, shot and killed their father Frank Azzaretto six years ago.<br>Nicholas, then 20, killed his dad 58-year-old Frank Azzaretto in the kitchen of their family home in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, in February 2020, amid a domestic dispute.<br>Frank was fighting with his wife, Patricia, over a phone bill and when he became violent, the<a href="https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/2020/02/28/history-abuse-surfaces-in-pocono/1616155007/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class=""> Pocono Record</a> reported at the time.<br>Patricia herself testified that in course of the row her husband threw plants and pictures and started pushing around.<br>The couple&#8217;s younger son Nicholas, who heard the fight from the basement bedroom, came upstairs and found Frank being physical with his mother, the court heard. <br>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.<br>Pellets entered Frank&#8217;s chest and he was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died. <br>The defense, during the court proceedings, said that there was a history of abuse in the Azzaretto family, with Frank having an &#8216;apparent abuse streak in his personality.&#8217; <br>Nicholas, now 26, later pled guilty to third-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Police found Golding&#8217;s body in her family&#8217;s basement apt in Astoria, Queens. Investigators say a knife was lodged in her back. Her infant son was home alone with the body</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Mary Kate Golding, [photo], and her husband <strong>Joseph Azzaretto</strong> moved to New York from Pennsylvania just two months ago. Neighbors in their new city say he has shown signs of erratic behavior</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Nicholas Azzaretto, [photo], was 20 when he shot his father dead during a domestic dispute at home in Pennsylvania in 2020. Nicholas, now 26, later pled guilty to third-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Frank Azzaretto, 58, [photo], was shot dead in his Monroe County, PA, home in February 2020 amid a domestic dispute with his wife. His son Nicholas pled guilty to his killing</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">He appears to have been released from jail, as he is no longer listed as an inmate with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.<br>A Facebook account believed to belong to Nicholas was also updated with a photo of him cuddling a dog in October 2024. <br>Golding and Azzaretto moved to New York from Pennsylvania just two months ago, according to their neighbors.<br>Neighbors claimed Azzaretto had become known for losing his temper and arguing over parking spaces. <br>&#8216;He was an angry person,&#8217; one local said. &#8216;I decided to avoid him. I didn&#8217;t even look at his text messages.&#8217;<br>Others branded him as &#8216;crazy&#8217; and said he was &#8216;mentally disturbed.&#8217;<br>Azzaretto, among other disturbing alleged incidents during his short time in Queens, had once physically fought repo men over his car. “He was mentally disturbed. We knew that since he got here,” said a witness to the altercation.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Joseph Azzaretto was captured [circled], on surveillance footage after he allegedly stabbed his wife in their Astoria home on Tuesday night, calmly walk up to his car and drive off</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>NYPD officers respond after Joseph Azzaretto’s body was found hanging from a tree in at Astoria Park around 6.30 am on Tuesday, July 21</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Then on Tuesday night officers responding to a 12.24am report of an assault found Golding with a stab wound to her back, NYPD said. <br>Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. <br>The absent spouse reportedly, was reportedly identified as a person of interest before his body was discovered at around 6am.<br>Available CCTV footage allegedly, shows Joseph Azzaretto outside his home speaking on his cellphone before calmly walking to his car. He gets into the car and drives away.<br>He was found hanging from a tree near Astoria Park South and Shore Boulevard, about two miles from the family’s home.</p>

‘Murder-Suicide’ Husband stabs set designer to death, leaves their infant son with body, goes to nearby NYC park to hang himself – records reveal family history of domestic homicide
