Prosecutors Will Seek Death Penalty In Anthony Todt Case

COLCHESTER, CT — The state of Florida will seek the death penalty for Anthony Todt, who is accused of killing his wife and three children, The New London Day reported. Todt, formerly of Colchester, was charged Tuesday with four counts of capital murder and one count of animal cruelty.

A death penalty review panel that reviewed the case unanimously voted to seek death in this case, according to The Day.

Todt confessed to killing his wife, three children, and the family dog at their home in Florida in December.

The bodies of the four family members were found at a home in Celebration, FL, just south of Orlando in January.

Todt confessed to killing his wife, Megan, 42; their three children, Aleksander, 13, Tyler, 11, and Zoe, 4; and their dog, Breezy.

The Todt family recently moved to Celebration, FL. On Jan. 13, police came to the family's home as part of an investigation into a healthcare scheme Anthony Todt was running through his physical therapy business, The Orlando Sentinel reported.

That day police intended to charge him with healthcare fraud. However, Anthony Todt refused to answer the door at the family's Reserve Place home and police forced their way in, The New Haven Register reported. At that point, he said that his wife was "sleeping upstairs," but police performed a protective sweep.

They discovered four bodies in the home and began a death investigation. Anthony Todt had taken an unknown amount of Benadryl in an attempt to commit suicide and was unsteady on his feet when police arrived at the home.

He was taken into custody and later confessed to the murders.

Law enforcement officials believe that the family was killed sometime in December and that Anthony Todt continued to live in the house for weeks afterward.