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A man died behind bars shortly after he was charged in connection with a 1973 Connecticut woman's killing, which had gone cold for decades

George Legere, 77, was found unresponsive in his cell at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield on the night of Oct. 3 and pronounced dead early the next day

Police said Legere fatally stabbed Couture after entering her East Hartford home through a window

A man died behind bars two weeks after he was charged in connection with the 1973 cold case murder of a Connecticut woman.

George Legere was found unresponsive in his cell at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, Conn., around 11 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3, the Connecticut Department of Corrections said in a statement shared with PEOPLE. After being taken

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