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Murder victim’s Fitbit leads to arrest of 90-year-old stepfather – Tony Aiello staged murder of Karen Navarra, 67, as suicide, cops said her wounds couldn’t be self-inflicted

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"card-content align-left">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Murder victim&&num;8217&semi;s Fitbit leads to arrest of 90-year-old stepfather&comma; who cops say used small hatchet or axe<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Tony Aiello&comma; 90&comma; has been accused of a brutal murder of his wife&&num;8217&semi;s adult daughter in San Jose&comma; California <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Police say Tony Aiello murdered 67-year-old Karen Navarra in her home on Sept 8 <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>He then tried to stage the bloody scene as a suicide&comma; however&comma; victim&&num;8217&semi;s wounds could not have been self-inflicted&comma; cops sai<&sol;strong><strong>d<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"collection collection-cards">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<h6 data-page&equals;"1"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-300043" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;10&sol;Tony-Aiello-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tony Aiello 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"1400" height&equals;"1049" &sol;><strong>90-year-old Tony Aiello is accused of the brutal murder of his 67-year-old step-daughter Karen Navarra<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"">A murder victim&&num;8217&semi;s Fitbit led investigators to her 90-year-old stepfather&comma; who cops say brutally killed her with a small hatchet or an ax&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>California cops say Tony Aiello murdered 67-year-old Karen Navarra in her home on Sept&period; 8 and tried to stage the bloody scene as a suicide&period; However&comma; officials said her wounds could not have been self-inflicted&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;sfgate&period;com&sol;crime&sol;article&sol;Fitbit-offers-key-clue-to-slain-San-Jose-13266777&period;php" target&equals;"&lowbar;new" rel&equals;"nofollow">San Francisco Chronicle<&sol;a> reported that Navarra&&num;8217&semi;s Fitbit recorded a rapid rise in her heart rate before a sudden drop-off to nothing&comma; helping San Jose police piece together clues to her death&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<img class&equals;" wp-image-300044 alignleft" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;10&sol;Karen-Nevarras-fitbit&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Karen Nevarra's fitbit&period;JPG" width&equals;"271" height&equals;"410" &sol;>Aiello&comma; who is married to Navarra&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; said he brought pizza to her San Jose home on the day of her murder and stayed 15 minutes&period; However&comma; surveillance cameras showed his car at Navarra&&num;8217&semi;s home at the same time that her Fitbit Alta showed a &&num;8220&semi;significant spike&&num;8221&semi; in her heart rate followed by a &&num;8220&semi;rapid slowing&comma;&&num;8221&semi; according to a police statement of facts&period; The Fitbit showed that Navarra&&num;8217&semi;s heart rate stopped at 3&colon;28 p&period;m&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;After explaining the abilities of the Fitbit to record time&comma; physical movement&comma; and heart rate data&comma; he was informed that the victim was deceased prior to his leaving the house&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the document read&period; &&num;8220&semi;Aiello stated that could not be true because she had walked him to the door when he left the residence&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Navarra&&num;8217&semi;s body was found in her home on Sept&period; 13&comma; five days after Aiello&&num;8217&semi;s visit&comma; after she failed to show up for work&period; She was found &&num;8220&semi;slouched&&num;8221&semi; in a chair at her dining room table&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She was found with a &&num;8220&semi;gaping laceration&&num;8221&semi; on her neck and wounds on the top of her head&comma; according to police&period; A large kitchen knife was found in Navarra&&num;8217&semi;s right hand&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A later autopsy found &&num;8220&semi;multiple deep and intrusive wounds&&num;8221&semi; to her head and facial area&comma; likely inflicted by a small hatchet or axe&period;  The ME told investigators Navarra couldn’t have inflicted the wounds herself and classified the case as a homicide&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Aiello suggested to cops that someone else might have been in the house when Navarra was killed&comma; but they had found two shirts with blood spatter in the clothes hamper in his garage&period; He said he might have cut his hand and shaken it while he was wearing those shirts&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was arrested on suspicion of murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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