Crime & Safety

Newtown Native, TV Show Set Worker Found Dead In New York

The new mother was a 2011 Council Rock High School graduate and was making a name for herself as a TV show set designer.

NEW YORK CITY, NY — A Newtown native who was working as a set decorator for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" was found stabbed to death on Tuesday inside her New York City home, police said.

Police responded to the Astoria home of 34-year-old Mary Kate Golding just after midnight after receiving a 911 call for a possible assault. EMS responded and pronounced Golding deceased in what police sources tell PEOPLE Magazine was a possible murder-suicide.

Hours later, Golding's husband, Joseph Azzaretto, was found dead in a nearby park. Police said his death did not appear to be criminal in nature.

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Law enforcement sources told the New York Post that Azzaretto allegedly called a family member and one of his friends to confess to killing his wife before leaving the home. The friend then went to the couple's home where they found their 11-month-old son alive and unharmed.

Golding grew up in Newtown-Upper Makefield and was a 2011 graduate of Council Rock High School North. She later attended the New York University where she ran cross country during her freshman year.

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After graduating from NYU in 2015, she built a name for herself working as a set decorator on productions like "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" "Goosebumps," "Marry Me" and "The Big Sick."

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