ORLANDO, Fla. — Defense attorneys for Connecticut physical therapist Anthony Todt asked a judge Monday to prohibit prosecutors from showing jurors “cadaver photos” of Todt’s wife and three children after they were found dead inside the family’s Celebration home.
Prosecutors should also be banned from discussing the dismissed federal health care fraud allegations against Todt at his upcoming murder trial, or mentioning that the word “Todt” translates to “death” in German, said Assistant Public Defender Peter Schmer in a series of motions.
“Photographs of the deceased victims are shocking and unduly prejudicial,” Schmer wrote.
