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Amnesiac ‘Disney Town killer’ does not remember admission to killing family: Anthony Todt, on trial after admitting to killing his three kids and wife, says SHE murdered kids with a ‘poisoned pudding pie’, before committing suicide

&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>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413035&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>&&num;8216&semi;I came home and my kids were dead&&num;8217&semi; Anthony Todt told a Connecticut jury on Wednesday <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413035&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>Anthony Todt&comma; 46&comma; alleged his late Wife Megan Todt killed their three children&comma; then took her own life<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413035&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>Todt is facing four counts of murder and one count of animal cruelty after killing his wife&comma; three kids and the family dog in Dec&period; 2019 <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413035&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>The physical therapist was under investigation for insurance fraud in Jan&period; 2019&comma; when feds and deputies executing an arrest warrant entered the family&&num;8217&semi;s vacation home in Disney Town&comma; Florida<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413035&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>Deputies found the heavily decomposing bodies of Megan Todt&comma; 42&comma; their children Alek&comma; 13&comma; Tyler 11 and Zoe&comma; 4&comma; a<strong>s well as<&sol;strong> the family dog Breezy in an upstairs bedroom <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413035&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>In his first police interview&comma; Todt admitted to killing his family&comma; following a pact he made with Megan <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413035&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>On Wednesday instead&comma; he accused his wife Megan of killing their children in Dec&period; 2019&comma; after feeding them <strong>&&num;8216&semi;poisoned pudding pie&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413035&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong> On the stand Wednesday&comma; he claimed that he did not remember making the confession that was played for the jury<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413035&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>Todt in three seperate interviews had admitted to the crime&comma; but jury hard only <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;04&sol;Anthony-Todt-7-1024x739&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-405181"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Confessed killer&comma; physical therapist seen&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; in court on Wednesday&comma; is accused of stabbing his two sons in their Disney town home after they were already dead<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A disgraced physical therapist accused of killing his family in their Disney town home nearly three years ago blamed his wife for murdering his children during his trial&comma; despite having previously confessed to their slayings&period; <br>Anthony Todt&comma; 46&comma; the court heard killed his wife and three children in 2019 and keeping their bodies wrapped in blankets inside their Florida rental for weeks&period;<br>Taking the stand in Connecticut on Wednesday&comma; he pinned the blame on his dead wife who he said believed the family needed to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;pass over” before the end time&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I came home and my kids were dead&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Todt told the jury&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;It was the most horrible day of my life&period; What made it more horrible was that my wife died in front of me also&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>The defendant who had earlier admitted to the quadruple slaying claimed Megan Todt murdered all three of their children with a poisoned &&num;8216&semi;pudding pie&&num;8217&semi; because she believed they needed to &&num;8216&semi;pass over&&num;8217&semi; ahead of the apocalypse&comma; <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thedailybeast&period;com&sol;crying-florida-dad-anthony-todt-takes-the-stand-with-wild-explanation-for-familys-deaths-in-celebration&quest;ref&equals;scroll" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">The Daily Beast <&sol;a>reported&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;Anthony-Todt-10&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-403480" width&equals;"831" height&equals;"1153"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Todt is accused of killing Megan&comma; as well as their sons 13-year-old Alek and 11-year-old Tyler&comma; daughter Zoe&comma; 4&comma; and dog Breezy in Dec 2019 because he thought the world was ending&period;&nbsp&semi;Victims allegedly&comma; were drugged with Benadryl&comma; suffocated&comma; stabbed and left to rot for two weeks inside their Celebration&comma; Fl&period; vacation home&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He claimed Megan&comma; who had allegedly battled life-long chronic illnesses&comma; believed by dying the family could be reincarnated into a better life&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Todt is accused of killing Megan&comma; as well as their sons 13-year-old Alek and 11-year-old Tyler&comma; daughter Zoe&comma; 4&comma; and dog Breezy in late December 2019 because he thought the world was ending&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>The victims were allegedly drugged with Benadryl&comma; suffocated&comma; stabbed and left to rot for two weeks inside their Celebration&comma; Florida&nbsp&semi;vacation home&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>He has pled not guilty&nbsp&semi;to multiple counts of homicide&period; He&nbsp&semi;is also charged with one count of animal cruelty for Breezy&&num;8217&semi;s death&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;Megan-Todt-seen-withher-children-Alex-Tyler-and-Zoe-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-344282" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"1092"&sol;><figcaption><strong> A recanting Anthony Todt has alleged that his wife Megan Todt&comma; seen here with the couple&&num;8217&semi;s children Alek&comma; Tyler&comma; their daughter Zoe kpoisoned the kids and the family dog Breezy before killing her self<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Todt&&num;8217&semi;s accusation against Megan comes just two days after the jury saw a video of three police interviews following the murders in which he confessed to killing his family&period; <br>In that early interview Todt said he suffocated and stabbed his kids and wife as part of an apocalypse-fueled suicide pact with Megan&period; However taking the stand on Wednesday he introduced amnesia into his defense&period;<br>He didn’t remember confessing at all he said&comma; but he remembered telling his wife he would take the blame&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was covering for my wife&period; Obviously unsuccessfully&period; I had no clue how my kids died&comma;” Todt said on Wednesday&comma; adding that he had &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;no idea” his wife would kill their family and noting that on the morning of the murders she had woken up &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;pain free&period;” <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I didn’t see this coming&comma;” he said&comma; before stressing he did not kill his family&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;04&sol;Anthony-Todts-home-where-he-allegedly-killed-his-wife-and-three-children-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"This image has an empty alt attribute&semi; its file name is Anthony-Todts-home-where-he-allegedly-killed-his-wife-and-three-children-4&period;jpg" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"541"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The victims were allegedly drugged with Benadryl&comma; suffocated&comma; stabbed and left to rot for two weeks inside their Celebration&comma; Florida vacation home where cops found the bodies in a decomposing state on Jan 13&comma; 2020&period; Todt told deputies they all died before Christmase<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Todt claimed he returned to the Celebration&comma; Florida home later that day and found Megan holding a suicide note&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;She had blood on her shirt and after that&comma; after I said a few uncolored words to her&comma; I went and discovered the kids&period; I went into the rooms and found them dead&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he told the jury&comma; according to&nbsp&semi;<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wesh&period;com&sol;article&sol;anthony-todt-testimony&sol;39714599" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">WESH<&sol;a>&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>He claimed Megan then drank a family-sized bottle of Benadryl and stabbed herself in the stomach&period;<br>The defendant claimed that he tried to kill himself at least 10 times after his family&&num;8217&semi;s deaths&period; He admitted to various suicide attempts including by overdosing on Benadryl and hanging himself&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>He said he &&num;8216&semi;chickened out&&num;8217&semi; when he attempted to knife himself&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I chickened out&comma; yes&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Todt told his murder trial&period; &&num;8216&semi;I tried other means&period; I tried at least three episodes of Benadryl&period;&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>Authorities were first made aware that the Todt family was missing just after Christmas in 2019&comma; when family members asked Osceola Sheriff’s deputies to perform a wellness check&period; <br>At one point&comma; an FBI agent who had been investigating Todt’s Connecticut business for medical fraud also grew concerned and asked the Florida sheriff’s office to locate the physical therapist&period; <br>Federal agents and deputies investigating Todt for alleged financial crimes&comma; in the process of executing an arrest warrant entered the home on Jan&period; 13&comma; 2020&comma; and found the heavily decomposed bodies of Megan&comma; Alek&comma; Tyler&comma; and Zoey Todt in the upstairs master bedroom&comma; under blankets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;01&sol;Anthony-Todt-with-his-children-Alex-Tyler-and-Zoe-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-340746" width&equals;"829" height&equals;"604"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Todt is seen with the children he initially confessed that he killed&period; Now he claims his wife who was also found dead with stab wounds&comma; poisoned the children before killing herself&period; He initially claimed he slaughtered his family because he thought the world was coming to an end<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">On Tuesday&comma; jurors heard an interview Todt had with detectives at the time of his arrest when he confessed to the murders&period;&nbsp&semi;He told police he and Megan had initially planned to kill the entire family together&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;How are you doing&quest;&&num;8217&semi; a detective is heard enquiring of Todt in the interview&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Health wise&quest; I&&num;8217&semi;m sad I&&num;8217&semi;m still here&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Todt responds&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Is there somewhere else you&&num;8217&semi;d rather be&quest;&&num;8217&semi; the official asked&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;With my family on the other side&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Todt answers&period; <br>In that same interview&comma; Todt detailed how he and Megan plotted and attempted their children&&num;8217&semi;s murders&period; &&num;8216&semi;So my wife made a pudding pie&comma; nothing happened&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Todt explained to officials at the time&comma; adding that after the failed attempt the couple decided their family would bleed to death instead&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>He said he suffocated Zoe first&comma; then the boys&period; He then stabbed Alek and Tyler numerous times&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;The kids were dead before Christmas&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he told investigators&comma; as heard in the recording&period;<br>He then added that Megan had tried stabbing herself to death and after repeatedly failing&comma; asked him to suffocate her as well&period;&nbsp&semi;Todt reportedly laid in bed next to her after she died&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;Anthony-Todt-with-his-wife-Megan-and-their-three-children-AlekTyler-and-four-year-old-Zoe&period;-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-344289" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"767"&sol;><figcaption><strong>On January 13&comma; 2020&comma; deputies went to arrest Todt on insurance fraud charges related to his physical therapy business&period; Instead they found everyone in his family portrait except Anthony Todt&comma; dead and decomposing in the family home&comma; including the family dog <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Todt testified Wednesday that Megan started practicing a&nbsp&semi;Hinduism-based religion with an afterlife component after she started battling lime disease and depression and had suffered miscarriages&period; <br>It is unclear exactly what religion they practiced but the&nbsp&semi;couple allegedly started watching videos about the afterlife in April 2019&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Earlier this week&comma; the court was played a 911 call placed by one of Todt&&num;8217&semi;s sisters saying her brother believed the world was ending in late December 2019&period; She requested police conduct a welfare check on the family&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Prosecutors on Monday alleged Todt carried out the crime&nbsp&semi;ahead of what he and Megan believed was an impending apocalypse&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Everybody needed to die in order to pass over to the other side together because the apocalypse was coming&&num;8217&semi;&period; <br>Assistant State Attorney Danielle Pinnell told the jurors that <br>Special Agent Michael Phelps told the court Monday that the family&&num;8217&semi;s bodies were found &&num;8216&semi;discolored&comma; black and blue&&num;8217&semi; when they reached the house&period;<br>The victims&comma; who were found wrapped in blankets&comma; were killed by &&num;8216&semi;unspecified violence&&num;8217&semi; combined with overdoses of Benadryl&comma; medics said&period; <br>Emily Seda&comma; a forensics supervisor at the Osceola County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office&comma; testified on Monday a cherry-flavored liquid Benadryl bottle was found in a trash can&period;<br>She said the bottle had Todt&&num;8217&semi;s fingerprints on it&period; Boxes and and bottles of&nbsp&semi;Benadryl were also found in the house&comma; prosecutors said&period; <br>Special Agent Phelps told the court Todt was mumbling as authorities searched the house&comma; noting how an arrest affidavit said during the search&nbsp&semi;&&num;8216&semi;Anthony could barely stand and appeared to be shaking&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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