Guilty! Robert "Bob" Todt: Anthony "Tony" Todt's violent family past, mother shot, father convicted

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    In 1980 his father Robert Todt, special education teacher & wrestling coach, hired a hit man in an unseccussful attempt to murder his wife, Anthony Todt's mother. In December, 2019, Anthony Todt killed his wife, 3 children and dog.


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    Robert Todt, then & now

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    Anthony "Tony" J. Todt.


    Anthony ‘Tony’ Todt Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

    Before late December 2019, the Todt family presented a normal, happy picture. Wife Megan and her husband Tony were both physical therapists with a thriving practice in Colchester, Connecticut. Tony Todt’s past contained a dark secret, but on Facebook they seemed the perfect family, even living part-time in a cheerful Florida community planned by the Disney Company. It was in that Celebration, Florida home, authorities now say, that Tony Todt snapped and murdered his entire family, including the family dog, Breezy. He remained inside the Celebration, Florida residence with the bodies for days, the sheriff says. Tony and Megan Todt ...


    1. The Sheriff Says Todt Is Believed to Have Killed the Family in Late December 2019 & Extended Family Members Were Told the Todt Family All Had the Flu
    1. Tony Todt Owns a Physical Therapy Company in Connecticut Where Megan, a Yoga Instructor With a Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy, Also Worked
    1. Frantic Family Members Were Searching for Any Information About the Missing Todt Family for Days
    1. People Expressed Their Affection for the Todts, Describing How They Saw Them Walking Their Dog & Had Other Communication in November & December
    1. The Couple Plastered Their Facebook Page With Family Photos But Tony Todt Carried a Tragic Family History
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    Tony Todt’s Father Robert Todt Served Time in Murder Plot


    When Tony Todt was 4 years old, he told a detective he heard his mother scream and saw a man “wrestling with her on a bed,” the night Loretta Todt was shot in the face. She survived but lost an eye. Her husband, Robert Todt, a special education teacher and wrestling coach at a Pennsylvania high school, would later be convicted of hiring a former learning disabled student to pull the trigger.

    It was a sensational case that generated piles of newspaper headlines in 1980.

    Fast forward 40 years, and Tony Todt, now 44 – whose full name is Anthony Todt – stands accused of murdering his entire family and the family dog in Celebration, Florida. The Osceola County Sheriff Russ Gibson said in a January 15, 2020 news conference that a federal arrest warrant was being served for Anthony Todt when authorities discovered his family dead inside and arrested Todt, who apparently stayed inside the home in a planned Disney community for days after allegedly murdering his entire family and the family dog, Breezy.

    “Deputies discovered four deceased individuals inside,” Gibson said. “The cause of death of the four decedents inside the home is homicide.” He said “Anthony has cooperated with the investigation, and he has confessed to killing his wife Megan Todt, 42 years of age…and their three children.”

    The children were Alek Todt, 13; Tyler Todt, 11; and Zoe Todt, 4. “Anthony also killed their family dog, Breezy,” confirmed the emotional sheriff. The manner of death was not released, other than that it was homicide. Horrifically, the sheriff indicated that Todt killed the family in late December, remaining in the home with the bodies as desperate out-of-state family members set up a Facebook group to find the “missing” family. They were told the entire family had the flu. Todt is in custody.

    It’s a chilling deja vu.

    Today, Robert Todt, Tony Todt’s father, is still alive. In fact, he’s free, active on Facebook, remarried, and he maintains social media links with some members of the Todt family, but not Tony.

    Tony Todt was a physical therapist who built a thriving practice back in Colchester, Connecticut, but whose license was expired, and who was under investigation by the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office. He also was facing an eviction from the Celebration home. Although it’s easy to find glowing reviews of Todt’s physical therapy business online and, on Facebook, both he and Megan presented as a happy, loving family, the Todt family has long harbored a dark past.

    Tony’s mom, Loretta, made it through the horrific shooting attack, but she woke up to another nightmare: The court system said her husband was the mastermind.

    Here’s what you need to know:


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    Anthony Todt had violent family past: His mother was shot, father convicted

    Anthony Todt, a Colchester business owner who was charged in the deaths of his wife, three children and family dog in Florida this week, had experienced family violence before. When he was just 4 years old, he was a witness to his mother's attempted murder in Bensalem, Pa., in 1980, for which his father was convicted and served years in prison. Todt was charged Wednesday with four counts of homicide and one count of animal cruelty in Osceola County Fla., after allegedly killing his wife, Megan, their children — Alek, 13, Tyler, 11, and Zoe, 4 — and their dog, ...


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    Father of man accused of killing Celebration family tried to have wife killed in 1980s, records show

    The father of the Celebration man accused of killing his wife, three children and family dog, also had a history of violence, according to court records dating back 40 years. Robert Todt was convicted by a jury in 1980 for a murder-to-hire plot. It bears an eerie parallel to this week, when his son Anthony Todt told Osceola County detectives that he killed his wife, three sons and family dog. Alan Rubenstein is now a judge in the same Pennsylvania community where he was an assistant district attorney in 1980, and prosecuted Robert Todt’s case. He said the Todts appeared ...


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    Records: Father of Florida man accused of killing family tried to have wife killed in 1980s

    The father of the Florida man accused of killing his wife, three children and family dog, also had a history of violence, according to court records dating back 40 years. Robert Todt was convicted by a jury in 1980 for a murder-to-hire plot. It bears an eerie parallel to this week, when his son, Anthony Todt, told Osceola County detectives that he killed his wife, three children and family dog at their Celebration home, WFTV reported. Alan Rubenstein is now a judge in the same Pennsylvania community where he was an assistant district attorney in 1980, and prosecuted Robert Todt’s ...


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    Records: Father of Florida man accused of killing family tried to have wife killed in 1980s

    The father of the Florida man accused of killing his wife, three children and family dog, also had a history of violence, according to court records dating back 40 years. Robert Todt was convicted by a jury in 1980 for a murder-to-hire plot. It bears an eerie parallel to this week, when his son, Anthony Todt, told Osceola County detectives that he killed his wife, three children and family dog at their Celebration home, WFTV reported. Alan Rubenstein is now a judge in the same Pennsylvania community where he was an assistant district attorney in 1980, and prosecuted Robert Todt’s ...


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    Anthony Todt, dad accused of killing family in Florida, witnessed own father's plot to kill mother: reports

    Anthony Todt, the man charged last week with killing his wife, their three children and family dog in a Florida home near Disney World, had 40 years ago witnessed his own father’s attempt to have his mother murdered, according to reports. When he was just 4 years old, the now-44-year-old former physical therapist heard his mother scream one night in March 1980 when a hitman shot her in their home in Bensalem, Pa., just 19 miles from Philadelphia, the Hartford Courant reported, citing a 1981 Philadelphia Inquirer article. Loretta Todt survived the attack, losing her left eye, prosecutor Alan Rubenstein, ...


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    Anthony Todt, dad accused of killing family in Florida, witnessed own father's plot to kill mother: reports

    Anthony Todt, the man charged last week with killing his wife, their three children and family dog in a Florida home near Disney World, had 40 years ago witnessed his own father’s attempt to have his mother murdered, according to reports. When he was just 4 years old, the now-44-year-old former physical therapist heard his mother scream one night in March 1980 when a hitman shot her in their home in Bensalem, Pa., just 19 miles from Philadelphia, the Hartford Courant reported, citing a 1981 Philadelphia Inquirer article. Loretta Todt survived the attack, losing her left eye, prosecutor Alan Rubenstein, ...


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    Man accused of killing family in Celebration, Florida, witnessed his dad’s plot to kill mom

    The man accused of killing his wife and kids in the Disney town of Celebration, Florida, witnessed his own father’s plot to murder his mother when he was a little boy, according to a new report. Anthony Todt was 4 years old and home with his mother, Loretta Todt, in Pennsylvania when he watched the murder attempt unfold back in 1980 — roughly 40 years before Todt would be arrested of killing his own family, People reports. Loretta, 44 at the time, was shot by a hitman hired by her husband, Robert Todt. She survived the shooting, but the bullet ...


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    Father who murdered his wife and three children said his kids were at a sleepover after killing them
    • Anthony Todt, 44, told deputies that his three deceased children were at sleepover after killing them and his wife inside their home
    • Todt was charged with the murders of his wife, three children and dog in Celebration, Florida - living with the bodies for at least two weeks
    • Police records reveal the gruesome scene police walked into on January 13, first encountering 'a strong foul odor' when entering the home
    • Officers 'suspected something was decomposing' and in the master bedroom, found his dead wife Megan and kids Alek, Tyler and Zoe, wrapped in blankets
    • An officer's notes said: 'Sticking out of the blankets was a foot that was black and blue in color'
    • Todt's sister called police asking for a wellness check on the family, saying she hadn't heard from them
    • Police are yet to pinpoint a motive for the killings but Todt was drowning in debt in both his home and business, as well as being evicted from his home
    The father who murdered his wife, three young children and the family's dog in their Disney town home and lived with their bodies for two weeks told investigating Florida deputies that his children were at a sleepover. Concerns that Anthony Todt, his wife Megan and their children Alek, 13, Tyler, 11, and four-year-old Zoe were missing sparked after relatives hadn't heard from the family since January 6. Todt, 44, initially claimed that everyone was sick with the flu and gave no indication that his family had been killed. When Osceola County Sheriff's deputies entered the Todt family's home in Celebration ...


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    What drove Tony Todt to allegedly slaughter his family in Florida remains a mystery, but his father and sister look to the past for clues

    Tony Todt, who authorities say confessed last month to killing his wife and three children in Florida, was 4 years old when he witnessed an attempt to murder his mother — a crime for which his father was later convicted. As friends and loved ones from the family’s home state of Connecticut struggle to understand what could have driven a man to the horrific act of killing his entire family, Tony’s sister and father are looking to that long-ago trauma — if not for an explanation, then perhaps for the shadow of an answer. In an interview with The Courant, ...


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    What drove Tony Todt to allegedly slaughter his family in Florida remains a mystery, but his father and sister look to the past for clues

    Tony Todt, who authorities say confessed last month to killing his wife and three children in Florida, was 4 years old when he witnessed an attempt to murder his mother ...


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    Autopsies: Benadryl overdose, ‘homicidal violence’ killed Florida mother, 3 children

    A Florida man wanted for health care fraud used overdoses of allergy medication on his wife and three children before stabbing them to death and leaving their decomposing bodies in a bedroom for weeks, according to the victims’ autopsy reports. Anthony John Todt, 44, of Celebration, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and a single count of felony cruelty to an animal in the deaths of his wife, their children and the family dog, Osceola County court records show. Todt is accused of killing his wife, Megan Gula Todt, 42, their two sons, Aleksander “Alek” Todt, 13, and ...


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    Accused family-killer Anthony Todt claims wife killed their kids, then herself

    Anthony Todt, the man arrested after the bodies of his wife and children were found at a Celebration home in January, blamed his wife for the killings in a recent letter — claiming she poisoned the kids with a tainted dessert, murdered them while they slept, then took her own life. “Long story short, she gave them the Benadryl/Tylenol PM pie, separated them, woke up at 11:30 [p.m.], stabbed and then suffocated each one,” Todt wrote in a letter to his estranged father, Robert Todt. “At the news of this I ran to the bathroom and puked — I was ...


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