Published: 3:08 PM - 07/29/10
Last updated: 3:10 PM - 07/29/10
BY MICHAEL RANDALL
Times Herald-Record
HYDE PARK — A man out on bail for a previous domestic violence incident shot and killed his wife and then himself Thursday morning.
Dutchess County sheriff’s personnel responded to a house on South Quaker Lane after the county’s 911 Center got a call at 4 a.m.
Danielle Riccardulli, 17, told Deputy Nicholas LaMonica that her father had shot her mother, Linda Riccardulli, 47. He also reportedly threatened to shoot the family dog.
A sheriff’s office emergency services unit team broke into the house, but Anthony John Riccardulli Sr., 55, shot himself before being confronted by them. He died later at a local hospital.
The Riccardullis had two other children, but they were not home at the time.
Anthony John Riccardulli Sr. was previously arrested by Hyde Park town police on June 28 on charges including first-degree assault, a felony, following a domestic incident at the house.
He had been held in Dutchess County Jail since then, but was released Tuesday after posting $25,000 bail.
The murder-suicide case remains under investigation by the sheriff’s office and the Dutchess County Medical Examiner’s office.
State police, Hyde Park police and SPCA humane law enforcement officers also assisted at the scene.
mrandall@th-record.com
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