ORLANDO, Fla. _ A Seminole County grand jury on Tuesday indicted Grant Amato, the Chuluota man accused of killing his parents and brother last month, on three counts of first-degree murder.
The indictment comes nearly three weeks after Chad Amato, 59, Margaret Ann Amato, 61, and Cody Amato, 31, were found shot to death in their home Jan. 25.
Grant Amato, 29, was located at an Orlando hotel the next day. He admitted getting into an argument with his parents centering on his communication with a Bulgarian woman he met on an adult website. Amato's surviving brother told deputies Amato had stolen more than $200,000 from their family to send to the woman.
Prosecutors are still deciding whether to pursue the death penalty against Amato, said Todd Brown, a spokesman for the Seminole-Brevard State Attorney's Office.
"The option to pursue capital punishment in this case is still under review," Brown said in a statement.
Amato is being held in the Seminole County Jail without bond, but his lawyers are asking a judge grant him pre-trial release, saying no forensic evidence ties him to the killings.
A hearing will be held March 21 to determine whether Amato is eligible for bond.
