Anna Maria Tolomello has been charged with murder in the death of her partner, Giovanni Gallina. Authorities say Gallina's body was found in a home they shared, wrapped up in a tarp. The two owned Pina's Pizza in New Britain.
Police met Tolomello at her home on Tuesday to execute a search warrant. At that time, authorities say she told officers that she knew why they were at her home and ‘unprompted, told police she shot Gallina in self-defense.’
Tolomello then allegedly told investigators that the body was ‘wrapped up’ in a bedroom and that she had shot him once in the head with a handgun back on March 16. Authorities say Tolomello hired someone to dig a hole in her driveway days after she allegedly shot her partner. According to court documents, Tolomello also paid someone to dig a hole in her driveway, telling them that she would fill it back in herself with a shovel. SKYFOX flew over the home yesterday, and a large hole was visible next to the driveway.
Officers searched the home and found Gallina’s body wrapped in a blue tarp inside the home’s master bedroom. He was found to have a single gunshot wound to the head.