A North Bellmore man pleaded guilty today to stabbing his wife to death in their home two years ago while their eight-year-old child was in his bedroom.
On October 6, 2022, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Nassau County Police Department officers responded to a call about a domestic disturbance at Anthony Paruolo’s North Bellmore home. Danielle Paruolo, 42, was looking to separate from her husband and had been taking steps toward a divorce, which led to the incident.
When authorities arrived, they found Danielle Paruolo dead, lying in a pool of blood with an approximately 13-inch-long chef’s knife in her neck and stab wounds to her head, neck, and torso. The couple’s eight-year-old child was found unharmed in another bedroom.
Anthony Paruolo, 39, was arrested on October 7, 2022, at approximately 1:06 a.m. at a relative’s home in Kings Park by the Suffolk County Police Department and transported to the NCPD Homicide Squad. He pleaded guilty on December 4, 2024 before Judge Robert A. Schwartz to Murder in the Second Degree (a Class A-I felony). The defendant is expected to be sentenced to 20 years to life in prison on January 30, 2025.
“This defendant’s brutal murder of his wife destroyed a family and left a young child to grow up without a mother,” said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly. “This case serves as a devastating reminder of the tragic toll of domestic violence. We will continue to seek justice for Danielle Paruolo and her family, and we hope that today’s plea will provide them with some measure of closure.”