Wife of Florida doctor found dead in mansion over a decade ago ordered to pay $200M to his children

More than a decennary aft his death, a well-known Florida doctor's woman was ordered to wage his children $200 cardinal aft a civilian tribunal recovered her liable for his sidesplitting wrong their Tarpon Springs mansion.

Dr. Steven Schwartz, a 74-year-old kidney specialist, was recovered dormant successful May 2014 aft being changeable doubly successful his garage. 

His wife, Rebecca Schwartz, 64, reportedly called constabulary and said determination was a burglary astatine the home.

A civilian tribunal recovered Rebecca Schwartz blameworthy of sidesplitting her husband, Dr. Steven Schwartz, successful 2014.  (FOX 13 Tampa Bay)

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While nary 1 has ever been formally charged with the doctor's murder, a civilian court, arsenic portion of a wrongful decease lawsuit, ruled Rebecca Schwartz "unlawfully and intentionally killed, oregon participated successful procuring the death" of Steven Schwartz, FOX 13 Tampa Bay reported. 

The tribunal besides ordered Rebecca Schwartz to wage the doctor's 3 children $200 million, but they volition apt only collect $10 to $20 million. Wil Florin, the children's lawyer, told FOX 13 the motive was ever money.

Rebecca Schwartz allegedly embezzled wealth from her hubby for years, giving it to her kids and starting a marijuana turn location with her handyman, Florin said.

Dr. Steven Schwartz was changeable to decease successful his store successful 2014. (FOX 13 Tampa Bay)

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Steven Schwartz reportedly recovered retired astir the embezzlement and threatened to divorcement her, leaving her with nothing.

"She was caught red-handed, embezzling again by buying a Verizon Wireless store successful Wisconsin for 1 of her sons from a erstwhile marriage, and this clip it was enough," Florin said. "And arsenic helium near for enactment astatine the infirmary to bash his rounds, helium was going down the stairs and, according to the forensic evidence, was changeable doubly successful the head."

While Rebecca Schwartz was ne'er charged, the handyman was deported to Albania aft pleading blameworthy to 1 number of being an accessory to the murder, FOX 13 reported. 

A representation of Europe pinpointing Albania (Google Maps)

The handyman's DNA was recovered connected Steven Schwartz’s shirt, and cellphone records did not lucifer up with his alibi.

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"The handyman that was aboriginal convicted of [being] an accessory aft the information was sent to the country to cleanable up the mess, instrumentality the hard thrust of the surveillance system, instrumentality a butcher weapon and effort to retrieve the bullets," Florin said.

Rebecca Schwartz's lawyer had not responded to the media aft the verdict arsenic of Thursday night.