Crying Florida Dad Takes the Stand With Wild Explanation for Family’s Deaths
Anthony Todt, the father accused of murdering his family in 2019 and keeping their bodies wrapped in blankets inside their Florida rental for weeks, took the stand in his own defense on Wednesday—and pinned the blame on his dead wife who he said believed the family needed to “pass over” before the apocalypse.
Speaking quickly and pausing often to cry, Todt told jurors his wife had life-long, chronic illnesses that were the impetus for her belief the family needed to die in order to be reincarnated into a better life. But Todt claimed on the stand at Osceola County Court that it was his wife, 42-year-old Megan, who murdered their kids with a poisoned “pudding pie”—a total about-face from multiple confessions he initially made to police.
“I came home and my kids were dead,” Todt said, wiping away tears while looking directly at the jury. “It was the most horrible day of my life. What made it more horrible was that my wife died in front of me also.”