Connecticut Woman Found Dead Before Sentencing For Husband's Murder

The home where Pierluigi Bigazzi, professor of laboratory science and pathology at UConn Health, was found dead, is pictured here Feb. 10, 2018, in Burlington, Conn. (Rebecca Lurye/Hartford Cou

A 76-year-old woman in Connecticut was discovered dead at her home just hours before she was set to be sentenced for the killing of her husband and concealing his body for an extended period while continuing to receive his paychecks.

State police responded to a welfare check at Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi's Burlington residence and reported her 'untimely death.' The cause of her passing is currently under investigation, with no further details disclosed by authorities or her legal representative.