More than ten years after his death, a well -known Florida’s doctor was instructed to pay his children $ 200 million after a civil court found her responsible for his murder in their Tarpon Springs Mansion.
Dr. Steven Schwartz, a 74-year-old kidney specialist, was found dead in May 2014 after he was shot twice in his garage.
His wife, Rebecca Schwartz, 64, reportedly Call the police And said there was a burglary in the house.
A civil court found Rebecca Schwartz guilty of killing her husband, Dr. Steven Schwartz, in 2014. (Fox 13 Tampa Bay)
Although no one has ever been formally accused of the murder of the doctor, a civil court ruled, as part of an unlawful death case, Rebecca Schwartz “illegal and deliberately killed or participated in purchasing the death” of Steven Schwartz, Fox 13 Tampa Bay reported.
The court also ordered Rebecca Schwartz to pay the three children of the doctor $ 200 million, but they will probably be alone Collect $ 10 to $ 20 million. Wil Florin, the children’s lawyer, said Fox 13 the motif Was always money.
Rebecca Schwartz is said to have darkened money from her husband for years, give her children and start a marijuana breeding house with her handyman, said Florin.
Dr. Steven Schwartz was shot in his garage in 2014. (Fox 13 Tampa Bay)
Allegedly Steven Schwartz discovered the embezzlement and threatened to separate her, leaving her nothing behind them.
“She was caught red -handed, again darkened by buying a Verizon Wireless Store in Wisconsin for one of her sons from a previous marriage, and this time it was enough,” said Florin. “And while he left for work in the hospital to do his rounds, he went down the stairs and, according to forensic proof, was shot in the head twice. “
While Rebecca Schwartz was never charged, the handyman was deported to Albania After he found guilty of one census of an accessory for the murder, FOX 13 reported.
A map of Europe indicating Albania (Google Maps)
The DNA of the handyman was found on Steven Schwartz’s shirt, and mobile phone records did not match his alibi.
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“The handyman who was later convicted of (being) an accessory after the fact was sent to the scene to clean up the mess, take the hard disk of the security system, take a butcher’s knife and try to pick up the bullets,” said Florin.
Rebecca Schwartz’s lawyer had not responded to the media after the verdict from Thursday evening.
