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SUFFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A man charged last month in the 1973
slaying of a woman in Connecticut died while serving time for
kidnapping and sexual assault in another cold case.
George Legere, 77, was found unresponsive in his cell Friday
night at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in
Suffield. He was pronounced dead early Saturday at a local
hospital, the Department of Correction said Tuesday.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said the cause of death
is “pending further study.”
Legere, who had a lengthy criminal history, was arrested Sept.
24 while serving a 25-year sentence in another cold case for
kidnapping and sexual assault. Police charged him with murder
after he confessed to fatally stabbing 21-year-old Janet Couture
in her East Hartford apartment while trying to steal money for
drugs, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
“I went into the apartment looking for money and unfortunately
the person woke up and recognized me and that left me no choice
to do what I did,” Legere said, according to police. “I ended up
stabbing her.”
Investigators said Legere’s confession followed information from
another inmate, who told police Legere admitted killing Couture
and had written and signed a confession in July, instructing the
inmate not to release it until after his death.
The Connecticut Department of Correction and the Connecticut
State Police are investigating Legere's death.
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