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Grant Amato trial: Family was desperate to help before killings, sole surviving sibling testifies
JUL 26, 2019 | 4:48 PM
Grant Amato’s family desperately wanted him to get better.
His obsession with a Bulgarian webcam model turned unhealthy after he lied to and stole money from his family to send to the woman, his sole surviving brother Jason Amato testified Friday during Grant Amato’s trial in the January killings of his other brother, Cody Amato, and their parents.
Tension in the home caused Grant Amato to run away to his aunt’s home in Apopka shortly before Christmas, Jason Amato said. His family took 12-hour shifts outside the home to make sure Grant didn’t run farther. One day around 3 a.m., they held an intervention, confronting Grant in his aunt’s driveway.
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Other witnesses called Friday included Christine Varnell, Jason’s longtime girlfriend who vouched for his alibi the day of the killings; Arthur Rubart, a crime-scene analyst who processed the hotel room where deputies found Grant Amato; Eric Brothers, another crime-scene analyst who processed Grant Amato’s car; Janell Kennedy, the security supervisor for the CVS facility where Chad Amato worked; Paul Schatz, a Central Florida Expressway Authority employee; and Daniel Anderson, the lead Sheriff’s Office investigator for the case.
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Toward the end of his testimony, Jason Amato wiped away tears as Dowdy asked him whether he loved his brother, Grant.
“I loved both of my brothers,” was his response.
JUL 26, 2019 | 4:48 PM
Grant Amato’s family desperately wanted him to get better.
His obsession with a Bulgarian webcam model turned unhealthy after he lied to and stole money from his family to send to the woman, his sole surviving brother Jason Amato testified Friday during Grant Amato’s trial in the January killings of his other brother, Cody Amato, and their parents.
Tension in the home caused Grant Amato to run away to his aunt’s home in Apopka shortly before Christmas, Jason Amato said. His family took 12-hour shifts outside the home to make sure Grant didn’t run farther. One day around 3 a.m., they held an intervention, confronting Grant in his aunt’s driveway.
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Other witnesses called Friday included Christine Varnell, Jason’s longtime girlfriend who vouched for his alibi the day of the killings; Arthur Rubart, a crime-scene analyst who processed the hotel room where deputies found Grant Amato; Eric Brothers, another crime-scene analyst who processed Grant Amato’s car; Janell Kennedy, the security supervisor for the CVS facility where Chad Amato worked; Paul Schatz, a Central Florida Expressway Authority employee; and Daniel Anderson, the lead Sheriff’s Office investigator for the case.
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Toward the end of his testimony, Jason Amato wiped away tears as Dowdy asked him whether he loved his brother, Grant.
“I loved both of my brothers,” was his response.
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