Connecticut man convicted of killing wife, 3 kids and dog

A Connecticut bodily therapist was convicted for killing his spouse, three kids and pet canine two years in the past at their dwelling in Florida.

A Kissimmee jury discovered Anthony Todt responsible of 4 counts of first-degree homicide and one rely of animal cruelty.

Todt, 46, had initially mentioned his killed 42-year-old spouse Megan together with kids Alek, Tyler, and Zoe, 13, 11 and 4, as a result of he had needed them to “cross over to the opposite facet collectively” earlier than the apocalypse.

His public defender then redacted the confession and tried to pin the bloodbath on his late spouse at his trial.

Todt instructed the court docket Megan had drugged and stabbed the youngsters and household canine Breezy earlier than turning the knife on herself at their new dwelling close to Walt Disney World.

“I used to be masking for my spouse,” Todt testified Wednesday. “Clearly, unsuccessfully. I had no clue how my children died.”

Todt will obtain a compulsory life sentence.

The victims had been final seen in December 2019 and located decomposing in the home a month later.

With AP wires