Husband Pleads Guilty To Stabbing Wife To Death In Nassau Home: DA

MINEOLA, NY — A North Bellmore man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to fatally stabbing his wife in 2022, prosecutors announced.

Anthony Paruolo, 39, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said.

Paruolo is expected to be sentenced to 20 years to life in prison on January 30.

"This defendant’s brutal murder of his wife destroyed a family and left a young child to grow up without a mother," Donnelly said.

On October 6, 2022, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Nassau County Police Department officers responded to a call about a domestic disturbance at Paruolo's North Bellmore home, Donnelly said.

Danielle Paruolo, 42, was looking to separate from her husband and had been taking steps toward a divorce, which led to the incident, the D.A.'s office said.

When police arrived, they found Paruolo deceased 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, Donnelly said.

The couple’s eight-year-old child was found unharmed in another bedroom.

"This case serves as a devastating reminder of the tragic toll of domestic violence," Donnelly said. "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."