Girlfriend’s Elaborate Cover Up for Pizza Shop Owner’s Death Unravels
Anna Maria Tolomello, who owns a local pizza shop in Pennsylvania with her long-time partner, had a very specific need, police say: a 7-feet long, 3-feet wide, 3-feet deep hole dug at her home—for a dog, she claimed.
Tolomello, 48, didn’t need help refilling the hole either, she allegedly told the hired excavators. She claimed she would be doing that part of the job herself, the excavators later told police, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
But on Tuesday, just after Tolomello paid the diggers $350 and the dirt was still fresh, cops arrived armed with a search warrant. When Tolomello saw the Hilltown Township detectives, she allegedly admitted she should have called them a week ago. After a quick search of the home amid an oppressive stench, police say they found the body of her slain boyfriend, Giovanni Gallina.