The Amato Family Murders | Morbid

On the morning of January 25, 2019, Seminole County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a home in Chuluota, Florida to conduct a well-being check on thirty-one-year-old Cody Amato, who failed to show up for work that day. Upon entering the home, officers discovered the bodies of Cody, Chad, and Margaret Amato, all dead from apparent gunshot wounds-there were no signs of a break-in and nothing was missing. The crime scene looked as though it had been staged to look like a murder-suicide and suspicion quickly fell on the Amato’s youngest son, Grant, who was missing from the home.
Thank you so much to the lovely David White for research assistance.
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Seminole County Sheriff's Office. 2018. CJIS Report. Missing Person; Well-Being, Chuluota, FL: Seminole County Sheriff's Office.State of Florida vs. Grant Tiernan Amato. 2019. 20190000740 (Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Seminole County, Florida, January 28).
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06:44 story begins

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[@Beadknotafrayed]

Why did the father and brother have guns near them? Were they arming themselves for protection in the house?

[@josephbletsas6314]

I have a serious feeling that was Grant imitating Chad when calling Cody and Grant texting Sloan back minutes later.

[@jayy88]

Not trying to victim blame but my God could you enable this GROWN man anymore. Stealing for years and just paying his debts like wtf. it sucks but he should have went to jail. If anyone else stole even 1/234567th of what he did you’d have pressed charges. The guy was in his 30s not some 13 year old kid. I punished my 7 year old harsher for spending $20 on Roblox.

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As tragic as this is, they really should have seen this coming.

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It was way too much extra talking on this episode

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That’s every episode lately

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The 911 call for the welfare check is here on KZbin. It's so heartbreaking 💔

[@dulcecastillo5671]

This is literally a similar situation my mom has gone tru with my brother. Its heart breaking seeing her live constantly worrying and fearing for his well being. Nothing has worked shes to the point where she thinks he would be better off being locked up in jail. But he's fled the country and he continues to go about his same habits

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Well at least your mother is safe now.

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There is no "k" in exactly

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It sounds a lot like they enabled him quite a bit

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You’re telling me

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This happened over 6 months.... not years btw.

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54:40 He sounds like an entitled brat

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Roxie forever!!

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This topic is so overdone but this is by far the worst video on this. Yuck

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The cam girl is pretty fcked up too. This girl was told that he was lying and stealing all the money he was using on her and that he had a problem and to stop talking to him. But as soon as he has the chance to contact her again, she just accepts it and keeps enabling him. I really wonder if these murders wouldve happened if she wouldve cut ties with him and blocked him. Obviously its his fault for doing what he did, but you cant ignore the enablers.

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This story also goes to show how terrible sex work is in general. Sure, most guys dont take the road of murder, but it destroys a LOT of men, and take advantage of them in the worst way possible. The excuse "well it makes me money" isnt valid either. Drug dealerz make a lot of money too, we dont make excuses for them, and sex is literally the exact system that drugs take advantage of.

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it's not called support it's called enabling! it's just as bad as the addicted one.

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7:27

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no, that’s called support. you need to do a deeper dive of what true enabling is. they were trying to get him PROFESSIONAL help for his mental health & literally aligned everything for him to just try & abide by. if you don’t like it, STOP listening. 😂

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@@brittanyteague9198 it's ENABLING... you most likely buy alcohol for an alcoholic...

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Yeah you don’t reward bad behavior