Inheritance Led to murder plot as CNN.com reported with the story below.
In addition to being obviously wrong and disgusting to murder someone for their money and even worse to do so to an elderly relative in Florida and most other states it also will generally be another example of the phrase that crime does not pay.
Florida prohibits people from receiving an inheritance if by the greater weight of the evidence a person is found to have caused or procurred the death of the victim who was a Florida resident or a person whose property Florida has jurisdiction over such as a Florida trust or ancillary administration. The Florida Statute which provides a Killer is not entitled to receive property or other benefits by reason of victim's death can be found by clicking
here. As a result of the Florida Statute not only would Mr Lally not have received prison time for his murder conviction if his action happened in Florida but he also would have received no inheritance which he otherwise would have been entitled to. Most states have a similar statute.
Massachusetts (AP) -- A man accused of plotting to kill an 84-year-old woman for a share of the inheritance was found guilty Thursday of beating her in the head with a frying pan and smothering her with a pillow.
Thomas Lally, 24, of Massachussets, was convicted of first-degree murder in the December 2001 slaying of Marina Calabro, a retired hairdresser also from Massachusetts.
When Calabro's body was found at the bottom of a flight of stairs in her home, the death originally was ruled an accident. But prosecutors say an accomplice in the crime told a friend about the beating, and the friend went to police.
Prosecutors told jurors that Lally, Jason Weir, and Marina Calabro's great nephew, Anthony Calabro, plotted to kill her so Anthony Calabro could get his share of an inheritance worth more than $260,000.
Lally's attorney, Robert Griffin, argued that Weir killed Calabro, then struck a deal with prosecutors to testify against Lally and Anthony Calabro to save himself.
The jury deliberated less than a day before finding Lally guilty.