"Love Triangle" Husband a Suicide?

Police in Sivas, Turkey are working to identify the body of a man who apparently jumped from the 9th floor of a building, at a construction site. A note found near the body refers to Riza Cosa, the Hicksville, Long Island husband wanted for questioning in the murder of his wife...and the disappearance of his Canadian girlfriend.

Cosa's wife, Angela Perez, was last seen alive at the Chase branch in Wantagh, Long Island, where she worked as a personal banker, on July 28, 2009. Co-workers reported her missing that same week. On July 31, 2009, her estranged husband, Riza Cosa, took a one-way flight to Turkey, his native country.

Last week, Perez' body was found in New Cassel, Long Island, wrapped in garbage bags, wedged between a 40-foot metal container and a chain link fence, at a job site where her husband used to work as a welder. This week, police revealed a woman Cosa was dating from Canada vanished last summer, about a month before Cosa's wife disappeared. 33 year old Hatice Corbacioglu crossed the border into the United States on June 15, 2009, telling family she was going to visit Riza Cosa in New York. Someone using Hatice's name went to the Turkish Consulate in New York City on June 18, 2009. Hatice's Canadian family never heard from her after June 15, 2009--but Cosa called them a number of times, claiming Hatice had traveled to Turkey....another time, telling them she had visited a friend in Saudi Arabia.

Nassau County police are eager to find out the contents of the note found near the body of the man in Turkey. One report says the letter made reference to financial concerns.

Mary Murphy
5/21/10