However, for one woman, her love for true crime cost her life. Her brother decided to brutally kill her with a bayonet, fearing that her obsession would ultimately lead his sister to harm their mother.
From Fox News:
A Navy veteran from New York was recently sentenced to 18 years to life in prison after killing his sister with a bayonet blade and awl. The sister reportedly consumed a lot of true-crime content, which led the man to believe that she would kill their mother.
Anthony Dibella, 53, told a judge before he was sentenced in September that he had been officially diagnosed with schizoaffective and bipolar disorders in 1994 after serving in Operation Desert Storm. His hope was apparently to "get [some] help from a VA hospital instead of going to prison," according to courtroom minutes, per Fox News.
Dibella reported his sister's murder to 911 on April 28, 2022, claiming that "Wanda Paoli is being killed, she is a witch killed with a knife and awl, and is currently on the porch." First responders showed up to the scene to discover that Paoli was dead, with stab wounds to the face, neck, and head, according to court documents.
When officers eventually arrived at the home Dibella and Paoli shared, he said he had "to do what I did to her because she was getting in the way of me communicating to God."
The authorities arrested Dibella and discovered his elderly mother inside, unharmed. He was charged with second-degree murder, assault with intent to cause serious injury, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, per the report.
Ironically, instead of being so obsessed with true crime, she should have been more concerned with her clearly demented brother.
Either way, it's a tragic event for everyone involved.
