Estate Planning Lawyer & Family Found Dead

Last month the body of William Parente, an estate planning attorney, was found with the bodies of his wife and his two daughters in a Baltimore hotel room.

Here is a time line of what occurred in this unfortunate case:

• Parente’s investment business invested at least $20 million dollars over the last 20 years in high-yield bridge loans.
• Investors asked that their money be returned after the Madoff scam went public.
• The family traveled to Long Island to visit thier oldest daughter who was a student at Loyola. 
• Police say that Parente beat and asphyxiated his family and then took his own life. 
• Checks that Parente issued to investors shortly before his death bounced shortly after his death.
• FBI agents seized records related to Parente’s investment business from his Manhattan office.

See Theo Emery, 4 Bodies Found in Maryland Hotel, The New York Times, April 21, 2009; Michael Amon, FBI raids William Parente’s office, Los Angelos Times, April 29, 2009.