45 Toll Gate Road, Glastonbury: Home Where Retired Detective Was Found Dead Returns to Market After Renovation

A Connecticut home with an unusual and tragic history has been completely renovated and returned to the market for more than $200,000 above its March sale price.

From the current listing photos, 45 Toll Gate Road in Glastonbury, Connecticut 06073 looks like a freshly renovated contemporary home.

New roof. New windows. New kitchen. New floors. New HVAC. Updated landscaping.

But none of those improvements changed what happened at the address.

The home belonged to retired Bridgeport police detective Mary A. Notarangelo, who was reported missing in July 2024. After authorities made repeated attempts to search the severely cluttered residence, her remains were eventually discovered inside the house on February 24, 2025.

Now, less than two years after she disappeared, 45 Toll Gate Road has been renovated from top to bottom and is back on the market.

And its price has changed dramatically.

Mary Notarangelo disappeared in 2024

The unusual history of 45 Toll Gate Road became public after concerns arose about 73-year-old Mary Notarangelo.

A friend requested a welfare check on July 3, 2024, after losing contact with her. According to reporting based on Glastonbury police records, responding officers encountered extreme clutter inside the residence that made searching the property extraordinarily difficult.

Notarangelo had worked for the Bridgeport Police Department from 1985 until 1996, eventually becoming a detective and later a sergeant.

Police returned to the Toll Gate Road property multiple times.

The conditions inside complicated those efforts. Reports described household contents and debris piled several feet high, along with animals and other hazards. At different points authorities attempted to use search teams, a drone and cadaver dogs, but thoroughly searching the property proved difficult.

Notarangelo remained missing for months.

She was inside the house the entire time

On February 24, 2025, an environmental services crew began removing material from the property using a small excavator.

Within minutes, Notarangelo's remains were discovered beneath debris near the front portion of the house.

She had been there for more than seven months after the initial welfare check.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was unable to determine her cause or manner of death because of the condition of the remains. Authorities did not report evidence establishing that she was the victim of a homicide.

It is an important distinction. The documented history of this property involves a death inside the home and an exceptionally difficult missing-person search, but the available reporting does not establish that a crime caused Notarangelo's death.

The case attracted substantial attention because police had searched or attempted to search the property several times before she was finally located.

45 Toll Gate Road was then offered for sale

After the property was cleared, another chapter of its history began.

45 Toll Gate Road was listed for $499,900 in March 2026 as an investment opportunity requiring extensive renovation.

The listing described the property as being sold as-is and needing significant work. It went pending after less than two weeks and ultimately sold on March 26, 2026 for $424,888, roughly $75,000 below its asking price.

The buyer was Oakmont Properties LLC, which CT Insider identified as a real-estate investor.

Then the transformation began.

The house was completely renovated

The property today bears little resemblance to the house documented during the search for Notarangelo.

According to current reporting, renovations included a new roof, windows, HVAC system, lighting, kitchen, hardwood flooring, well pump and tank, chimney work, grading and a new patio.

The house itself dates to 1987.

Realtor and investor Todd Namnoun told CT Insider that the extensive renovation was intended to make the property essentially as new as possible, while acknowledging that some prospective buyers could still be uncomfortable with its history.

That distinction is what makes 45 Toll Gate Road particularly interesting from a property-history perspective.

Almost everything a buyer sees can be replaced.

The history attached to an address cannot.

Now it is listed for $648,888

The renovated home returned to the market in September 2026.

As of September 22, 2026, current listing information shows 45 Toll Gate Road offered at $648,888. Zillow's price history shows the new listing appearing September 17 after the $424,888 sale in March.

That's a difference of exactly $224,000 between the March purchase price and the new asking price.

Of course, that difference is not simply profit. The investor completed extensive renovations, and the final selling price, if and when the property sells, remains unknown.

But the timeline is striking:

March 5, 2026: Listed at $499,900.

March 26, 2026: Sold for $424,888.

September 2026: Renovated property returns to market at $648,888.

Behind those numbers is a much deeper history that would never be apparent from looking at newly installed floors, countertops or listing photographs.

Would a buyer know what happened here?

That's the larger question raised by properties like 45 Toll Gate Road.

A traditional real-estate listing is designed to tell prospective buyers about the home being offered today. It isn't intended to provide a complete biography of everything that has happened at an address.

A home inspection serves another purpose. It can identify problems with a roof, foundation, electrical system, plumbing and other components of a property.

An appraisal addresses value.

Neither is designed to research whether a previous resident died inside the home or whether the address appeared in police reports and news coverage.

DiedInHouse has previously explained [how buyers can investigate whether someone died in a house before purchasing or renting] How to Find Out if Someone Died in a House Before You Buy or Rent and why [researching a house's history before paying for inspections and appraisals] Research a House Before You Buy can give buyers another layer of information.

That's especially relevant when an older property has been dramatically transformed.

A renovated house still has a history

There is nothing inherently wrong with buying a property where someone previously died.

For many buyers, it would make absolutely no difference.

For others, it could.

That's why the story of 45 Toll Gate Road isn't really about whether someone should buy the house. It's about knowing enough about a property's history to make that decision personally.

The current house has new floors.

It has a new roof.

It has a new kitchen.

It has new windows.

But it still has the same address.

And the events connected to that address remain part of its documented history.

Current listing information for 45 Toll Gate Road, Glastonbury, Connecticut 06073 can be viewed through the active real-estate listing. View the current 45 Toll Gate Road listing

For additional reporting about the property's transformation, see CT Insider's coverage of the renovation and relisting. Read CT Insider's report on the renovation

For national coverage of Mary Notarangelo's disappearance and the discovery inside the house, see the Associated Press report. Read the Associated Press coverage

House history first

Before buying a home, buyers commonly spend hundreds of dollars on an inspection and hundreds more on an appraisal.

Both are important.

But those services answer different questions.

An inspection examines the physical condition of the house.

An appraisal helps evaluate its market value.

A property-history search investigates what happened at the address before you arrived.

If knowing about a previous death, crime, fire, former resident or other significant event could affect your decision to purchase a property, consider researching the address before investing heavily in the rest of the buying process.

Explore more unusual and documented property histories through  DiedInHouse Property Insights.

Every house has a history. Know it before you buy it.