Overview
- Police discovered 34‑year‑old set decorator Mary Kate Golding with a fatal stab wound in her Astoria apartment after a 911 call on Tuesday, July 21, and EMS pronounced her dead at the scene.
- Hours after the police response to the home, officers found Golding’s husband, Joseph Azzaretto, unconscious in nearby Astoria Park and he was later pronounced dead by EMS.
- The NYPD has confirmed the core facts — Golding’s stabbing, the husband’s death and the couple’s unharmed 11‑month‑old son found at the residence — while investigators continue forensic work and record checks.
- Several media outlets, citing law‑enforcement sources, report the husband apparently died by hanging and that he made confession calls, but those details have not been formally verified by investigators.
- Golding’s credits include The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and other TV and film work, and industry groups and nonprofits have issued statements about domestic violence as authorities pursue child‑welfare follow‑up and forensic results.