INFAMOUS: The Todt Family
When police and federal agents descended on the home of the Todt family, they never expected to discover the gruesome scene waiting for them inside. While investigators had been able to piece together bits and pieces of what may have happened, questions still remained about who instigated everything…and why.
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The Todt Family named clockwise from top left: Anthony, Megan, Breezy, Alek, Zoe and Tyler.
Anthony Todt was sentenced to life plus a year for the murders of his wife, 3 children and family dog.
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Episode Source Material
- Fox 35 (Orlando, FL): Deputies: 4 bodies found inside Celebration home; deaths ruled ‘suspicious’ after suspect taken into custody, by FOX35 Orlando.
- Fox 35 (Orlando, FL): Sheriff: Man confesses to killing wife, 3 children, family dog in Celebration, by Fox 35.
- Click Orlando (Orlando, FL): Sheriff: Man killed wife, 3 kids in Celebration home, by Adrienne Cutway.
- Click Orlando (Orlando, FL): Here’s why the man accused of killing his family in Celebration is facing federal charges, by Adrienne Cutway.
- Fox 35 (Orlando, FL): Anthony Todt, dad accused of killing family in Florida, witnessed own father’s plot to kill mother: reports, by FOX News.
- Click Orlando (Orlando, FL): Celebration murder suspect claimed dead wife was sleeping, deputies say, by Adrienne Cutway.
- WESH 2 (Orlando, FL): Family’s bodies were wrapped in blankets, decomposing in master bedroom of Celebration home.
- Click Orlando (Orlando, FL): Suspect formally charged in deaths of wife, children at Celebration home, by Adrienne Cutway.
- Click Orlando (Orlando, FL): Man accused of killing family in Celebration home to face death penalty, by Adrienne Cutway.
- My FL Families: Child Fatality Summary.
- Click Orlando (Orlando, FL): ’I don’t remember anything:’ Celebration murder suspect talks about family in jailhouse call, by Adrienne Cutway.
- Click Orlando (Orlando, FL): Confession in Celebration family slayings illegally obtained, lawyer says, by Associated Press.
- Click Orlando (Orlando, FL): Trial date set for man accused of killing wife, kids in Celebration, by Brenda Argueta.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Judge partially excludes Todt’s confession from trial, by Monivette Cordeiro.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Jurors won’t hear about mental health issues, by Monivette Cordeiro.
- WESH 2 (Orlando, FL): Trial begins for Florida man accused of killing wife, 3 children, by Bob Hazen and Megan Mellado.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Jurors told Anthony Todt suffocated kids, claimed death pact with wife, by Monivette Cordeiro.
- WESH 2 (Orlando, FL): Anthony Todt trial: Celebration man accused of killing wife, 3 kids testifies, by Megan Mellado.
- YouTube: Law & Crime Network: Anthony Todt FULL CONFESSION: Detective Interrogates Physical Therapist About Family Murders.
- Click Orlando (Orlando, FL): ‘Destroyer of worlds:’ Jury finds Anthony Todt guilty of murdering wife, 3 children in Celebration, by Brenda Argueta and Lauren Cervantes.
- WESH 2 (Orlando, FL): Celebration man found guilty of first-degree murder in family slayings; sentenced to life in prison.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Todt appeals conviction in killings of wife, 3 kids in Celebration home, by Monivette Cordeiro.
- Spotify: Looking For The Todt Family (limited podcast series from The Day).
- DocumentCloud: Letter from Anthony Todt to Robert.
- The Day: Alleged family suicide note adds another layer to Todt killings, by Sten Spinella.
- Law & Crime: After Crucial Ruling, Defense Fails to Suppress Man’s Follow-Up Confession That He Murdered His Wife, Three Kids, and the Family Dog, by Alberto Luperon.
- The Day (New London, CT): Alleged family suicide note adds another layer to Todt killings by Sten Spinella.
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