On a quiet Saturday morning in Goshen, New York, the community was shaken by the violent death of Marie Giannone, a 55-year-old woman. On November 21, 2015, residents of Finnegan Lane were startled by the sound of multiple gunshots, prompting a call to Orange County 911. Responding Town of Goshen police officers and state troopers arrived to a grim scene.
They found Marie Giannone in the driver's seat of her car, having been shot multiple times.
The investigation into Giannone's death quickly uncovered a tragic story of a relationship that had ended in violence. A further search of the area led police to the body of Patrick C. Sorrentino, a 55-year-old retired deputy police chief from the nearby city of Newburgh. Sorrentino was found deceased from a single gunshot wound, which was determined to be self-inflicted. The evidence strongly indicated that Sorrentino had shot and killed Giannone before taking his own life.
Investigators learned that Giannone and Sorrentino had been in a romantic relationship for about a year and a half, but had broken up in August 2015, just a few months before the fatal incident. Reports from authorities suggested that Sorrentino had become withdrawn and angry in the wake of the breakup. The tragic event was classified by law enforcement as a murder-suicide, with Sorrentino identified as the sole suspect in Giannone's death. As the perpetrator had taken his own life, there were no arrests or subsequent legal proceedings in the case.
