Man who plotted to kill his Quincy great-aunt for inheritance has been granted parole

Joe Difazio, The Patriot Ledger
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NATICK – A 38-year-old former Norton man who pleaded guilty to being a lookout while a friend killed his elderly great-aunt in 2001, is slated to get out of prison after being granted parole.

The state's parole board approved parole for Anthony Calabro, who in 2006 pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his 84-year-old great-aunt Marina Calabro, a former Quincy hairdresser.

The board was split four to two on the decision.

A 2002 clipping of The Patriot Ledger when three men accused of a plot to kill an elderly Quincy hairdresser were caught.
A 2002 clipping of The Patriot Ledger when three men accused of a plot to kill an elderly Quincy hairdresser were caught.

In its decision released earlier this month, the parole board said Anthony Calabro, 18 at the time of the crime, had been rehabilitated. The board said he had participated in a number of programs including an alternative to violence groupand worked toward an associate degree.

Anthony Calabro will have to spend one year in a lower security facility and then be released on a home plan that would include a curfew and electronic monitoring.

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In 2001, Anthony Calabro, along with two friends, planned to kill his great-aunt and make it look like she accidentally fell down a flight of stairs in a plot to get her insurance money.

Medical examiners initially ruled the death an accident.

Thomas Lally, a former Norton man, beat and suffocated the woman while Anthony Calabro stood outside her Bedford Street home as a lookout. Another man watched Lally kill the woman. Lally was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life.

Anthony Calabro's inheritance, split with his father, included $200,000 from Marina Calabro's savings and $500,000 from the sale of her home.

It took months before a friend of the three co-conspirators came forward with information about the case.

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Joe Difazio can be reached at jdifazio@patriotledger.com. Follow him on Twitter @jldifazio.

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