FARMINGTON, Conn. — The University of Connecticut announced Thursday that it has recovered more than $50,000 it paid to a slain researcher while it believed he was working from home. Police checking on the welfare of Dr. Pierluigi Bigazzi, a professor of laboratory science and pathology at UConn Health, found his body on Feb. 5 wrapped in plastic inside the house he shared with his wife. The university said Linda Kosuda Bigazzi, who has been charged with murder but says it was self-defence, has returned $50,040.85 paid to her husband between Aug. 4 and Jan. 18. UConn said it would seek further reimbursement if it is determined that Dr. Bigazzi, who police say was beaten to death, died earlier. “We expect that each of you will always know where your faculty members are working and what type of work they are engaged in,” she said.

Source: National Post March 29, 2018 20:15 UTC