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Published February 10. 2021 6:00AM
Almost 40 years before Tony Todt was charged with killing his wife and children, his father Robert Todt was convicted of hiring someone to kill his wife Loretta, Tony s mother. Tony was just four years old and was home the night his mother was shot in their home in Pennsylvania. Loretta was shot in the face but survived. Robert, who still maintains his innocence, reflects on how this traumatic event led to his son s fate and recalls the details of his own arrest and trial.
Published February 03. 2021 5:00AM
A sign on the door of Family Physical Therapy in Colchester, seen January 13, 2020.
Before he was arrested on murder charges, Tony Todt was a man deep in debt and in trouble with the law. A federal health care fraud investigation into his physical therapy practices found a brazen false claims scheme. Patients and employees of Tony recall a visit from the FBI to Tony s offices and the unceremonious end of Family Physical Therapy, with Tony fleeing to Florida.