Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Janyce L. Cuccio

Name: Janyce L. Cuccio
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Race: European-American/White
Date: 11/02/2000
Location: 785 Brookridge Drive
Valley Cottage, New York, 10989
County: Rockland
Agency: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Cause of Death: Beaten/Bludgeoned with instrument
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Port Authority police sergeant Rocco Cuccio pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of his wife, Janyce L. Cuccio. Rocco Cuccio, 47, originally was charged with second-degree murder, but psychiatrists for both sides agreed that he was under extreme emotional distress when he killed his wife of 25 years with his bare hands.
Unique ID: 21376

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