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The father of the man whoallegedly confessed to killing his familyin their upscale home near Disney World plotted to have the suspect’s mom killed 40 years ago, but the woman survived the shooting.
The Hartford Courant, citing court documents, contemporaneous newspaper articles and an interview with prosecutor Alan Rubenstein, reports that Robert, a special education teacher, was having an affair with a 17-year-old girl and was engaged to a nurse. To kill his wife, he hired a former student, John Chairmonte, who pleaded guilty to his involvement, theThe Philadelphia Inquirerreported in 1981.
The Courantreports Robert served about 10 years in prison and Loretta eventually divorced him, having accepted that he’d tried to have her killed.
Anthony Todt.Osceola County Sheriff
Anthony Todt faces four counts of first-degree homicide and one count of animal cruelty in the December deaths of his wife, Megan Todt, 42, and their children, Alek, 13, Tyler, 11 and 4-year-old Zoey, along with the family dog.
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Todt wasdeeply in debt. He owed $99,000 to creditors in New York,USA Todayreports. According to the fraud affidavit, Todt also owed more than $6,000 in delinquent rent on his Celebration home. On Dec. 22, the landlord of the family’s condo at Reserve Place filed an eviction notice, serving the family on Dec. 26.
It was not immediately clear if he has entered a plea or retained an attorney in the fraud charge against him.
source: people.com
