2 dead in murder-suicide
Report: Man stabbed, woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning
NEW FAIRFIELD — The neighborhood where a New Fairfield couple died in a murder-suicide was quiet Tuesday afternoon, and law enforcement officials were being tightlipped about the incident.
New Fairfield police directed inquiries about the murder-suicide to Connecticut State Police Troop A in Southbury. The dispatcher with Troop A said information would have to come from the state police’s Public Information Office.
The Public Information Office confirmed the murder-suicide Tuesday night, but didn’t provide further details, including when or where it happened. The office said it could not release the identities of the people involved, citing a state statute protecting victims of family violence, but News 12 Connecticut identified the couple as Michael and Jennifer Ciorra.
Michael Ciorra was stabbed, while his wife Jennifer Ciorra died from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to News12 reports. Voting records show Jennifer Ciorra was
47 and her husband was
51. Investigators believe, according to News 12, that Jennifer Ciorra beat and
stabbed her husband before she killed herself.
First Selectman Pat Del Monaco said Tuesday night that since State Police are still investigating, she
couldn’t comment on the incident.
Property records show the Ciorras lived on Cornell Road. On Tuesday, a neighbor on Cornell Road said she believed the murdersuicide happened Monday morning.
Cornell Road is a dead
end street, with less than 30 homes lining both sides.
A LinkedIn profile for Michael Ciorra said he was working at a company called Global Foundries. The profile said he had worked at the company’s East Fishkill, N.Y., location for three years and 10
months.
“Manage a team responsible for all aspects of business operations for Global Foundries Fab 9 &10,” his LinkedIn job description said. “Responsibilities include capital planning coordination, spending & resource management,monthly metrics reporting and forecasting/budgeting support.”
Neighbors told the television station that the couple left behind two sons. Although the ages of their sons weren’t clear, News 12 reported that the New Fairfield School District would
have grief counselors available on Wednesday and Thursday.
The town’s last murder was May 1, 2017, when 32year-old Steven Flood raped and murdered his roommate in a home they shared near Candlewood Lake.