The Todt family murders was a multiple homicide case that occurred in December 2019 in Disney's planned community of Celebration, Florida.
Anthony was a physical therapist whose clinic had recently been raided pursuant to a federal warrant for healthcare fraud charges.
An investigation ensued, which revealed Anthony was using the excess money to pay for the family home in Celebration, as well as trips to Disney World.
Anthony had taken additional loans from firms in New York City who sued him for failure to pay; Todt was over $100,000 in debt.
At one point, he had claimed Megan attempted suicide by stabbing herself in her liver after killing the children;[5] in other testimony, he said he was trying to save the family from "the Apocalypse" and join them in the afterlife.
The police performed an initial welfare check on December 29, but left when they received no response from anyone inside the house.
In beds throughout the house, family members were discovered stabbed in their stomachs and smothered to death with crucifixes gripped in their hands.
He did eventually confess to the murders after telling a story about returning to the family home to look for a missing silver Mickey Mouse necklace belonging to his daughter, Zoe.
[10] In a landmark move, the judge added one year to his sentence for animal cruelty charges stemming from him having killed the family dog.