Authorities thought Anthony Tomaselli died of cancer and old age. The truth was much darker.
Mary-Beth Tomaselli and her sister Linda Roberts are accused of a 2015 murder that was initially thought to be a natural death. By Kyle Swenson Kyle Swenson Reporter for Morning Mix Email Bio Follow March 6 at 5:04 AM Their father was old and frail, ground down by his 85 years of life and hounded by cancer and dementia. He would die soon, his grown daughters Mary-Beth Tomaselli and Linda Roberts reasoned. They decided to help him make an early exit, police now say.
The next morning, the two sisters pretended to discover their father’s body on the couch. The paramedics at the scene assumed they were dealing with another elderly Floridian who had passed away overnight. Anthony’s death was listed as due to natural causes. On Tuesday, nearly four years to the day of Anthony’s death, Linda, 61, and Mary-Beth, 63, were both arrested and charged with first-degree murder. According to a release from the sheriff’s office, the sisters both admitted to the charges in interviews with investigators. Court records indicate they have yet to enter pleas and do not yet have attorneys.
Gualtieri explained that the man noticed “odd behavior” from Linda. “It was obvious to him that something was troubling her,” the sheriff said. After earning Linda’s trust, the man was invited to her home on Feb. 12. There, she confessed that her father had not died of natural causes back in 2015. She and Mary-Beth had killed him.
The day after the startling confession, the man contacted law enforcement and handed over the recording. He began working with detectives, and over the next weeks, the man made additional recordings of statements from both Linda and Mary-Beth.In the later recordings, the sisters recounted the grisly details of Anthony’s death.
For example, Mary-Beth described how it had been “weird” after killing her father because a faint pulse still fluttered through his body after his death due to his pacemaker.
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