15 Facts About Thomas Capano

Thomas Joseph Capano was a disbarred American lawyer and former Delaware deputy attorney general who was convicted of the 1996 murder of Anne Marie Fahey, his former lover.

Thomas Capano became an affluent lawyer, state prosecutor, Wilmington city attorney, legal counsel to Governor Mike Castle, and political consultant, well known in Delaware's political circles.

In 1994, Capano was a partner at the Wilmington office of Saul Ewing LLP when he became involved with 28-year-old Anne Marie Fahey, the appointments secretary to then-Governor Tom Carper.

In September 1995, while still involved with Thomas Capano, Fahey began another relationship with Michael Scanlan.

Thomas Capano was arrested for her murder in November 1997, over sixteen months after her disappearance.

Prosecutors alleged that Thomas Capano murdered Fahey at the house he rented and, with the assistance of his brother Gerry, dumped her body in the Atlantic Ocean.

On November 8,1997, Gerry was interviewed by detectives and told them that Thomas Capano had borrowed the boat and admitted that he had murdered someone who was attempting to extort him.

Gerry told police that Thomas Capano shot the cooler in order to sink it, but that the cooler remained afloat in the water.

Thomas Capano then retrieved the cooler, removed the body, and wrapped the anchor chains around it.

Thomas Capano asked Gerry to help dispose of a blood-stained sofa and carpet into a dumpster, which was managed by a third brother, Louis.

Thomas Capano instructed Louis to empty the dumpsters outside of their regular schedule.

Investigators did not have a murder weapon or a body, nor any evidence that Thomas Capano had purchased a gun.

Thomas Capano did not appeal to the US Supreme Court, bringing an end to his appeals.

The medical examiner determined that Thomas Capano died of sudden cardiac arrest.

Thomas Capano had "atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease, and that obesity was a contributing factor in his death".