Man Hangs Himself After Stabbing Woman

"HARTFORD, CT — A man fatally stabbed a woman and then killed himself Wednesday night, police said.

"The `homicide-suicide,` as police are calling it, was a case of domestic violence, Sgt. Dennis O'Connor said Thursday.

"Shortly before 10:30 p.m., police received 911 calls about a woman at 1205 Albany Avenue who was suffering from multiple wounds from `an edged weapon,` said O'Connor, reading from a report. She was transported to St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 10:57 p.m.

"Meanwhile, police knocked on doors in the neighborhood and found a man who was not breathing outside the Blue Hills Avenue post office at the corner of Woodland Street and Albany Avenue, O'Connor said. The man, who was behind the building, was presumed dead at 12:47 a.m., he said. He apparently hanged himself.

"Police are investigating the deaths separately but concurrently, O'Connor said, because they are believed to be related."

From the Hartford Courant...

UPDATE:

11/11/2010 — Killer had already threatened murder...