EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - East Hartford police have made an arrest in a 53 year old cold case.

East Hartford police issued an arrest warrant on Sept. 19, 2025, charging 77-year-old George Legere for the brutal murder of 21-year-old Janet Couture in October of 1973.

Couture was found stabbed to death in her home on Cannon Ride in East Hartford on October 13th.

Police say she was home alone when Legere climbed through a window and attacked her.

A break in the case came when Avon police arrested Legere in 2021 for kidnapping a woman in a separate 1984 cold case.

At the time, Legere was an early suspect in Couture’s murder, but there wasn’t enough evidence to charge him with a crime.

Avon’s arrest of Legere also help East Hartford police connect him to additional closed cases dating

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