Dark family history of NYC husband suspected of stabbing TV set designer wife to death revealed

A Queens dad suspected of killing his wife in a gruesome murder-suicide came from a family with a dark, violent past — with his brother fatally shooting their father half a decade ago, The Post can reveal.Joseph Azzaretto, 33, was found hanging from a tree in Astoria Park early Tuesday, hours after he allegedly stabbed Mary Kate Golding, 34, to death in their nearby home, police and sources said.The still-under-investigation potential murder-suicide came six years after Azzaretto’s younger brother Nicholas Azzaretto stood accused of slaughtering another family member.During a heated argument in February 2020 inside the family’s Monroe County, Pennsylvania, home, then-20-year-old Nicholas Azzaretto picked up a shotgun and blasted his father Frank Azzaretto in the chest, killing him.The younger Azzaretto brother faced charges of third-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter, but revelations quickly surfaced that showed it wasn’t a cold-blooded crime.A dramatic court hearing later that month revealed that Frank Azzaretto had a history of abusive behavior, the Pocono Record reported.The 58-year-old Azzaretto patriarch allegedly came home on Feb.13, 2020 from his movie production job in The Bronx and blew up at his wife over a telephone bill, according to the report.He angrily paced around the home, threw plants and pictures and threatened to punch his wife, the report stated.“You’re playing f—ing games again,” he thundered at his wife, according to the report.Nicholas Azzaretto allegedly emerged from his basement bedroom amid the chaos, asking “What’s he screaming about?”“I really don’t know,” his mother said she told him, according to the report.The young man later returned from his bedroom with a 12-gauge shotgun, leading to the fatal shooting, the Pocono Record reported.Court records show that Nicholas Azzaretto eventually pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in November 2021.He received 10 years of probation, of which two years wo...