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Butler Shooting

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Accused Butler Murderer Said Husband Threatened to Kill Her

Amalia Mirasola took witness stand to testify in murder trial Thursday.

As the murder trial of Amalia Mirasola continues in Morristown this week, the woman accused of shooting her husband to death in 2010 said she responded after Carl Mirasola first said he was going to kill her. Amalia Mirasola, 47, is accused of shooting her husband, Carl Mirasola, six times inside their Roosevelt Avenue home on May 22, 2010. Carl Mirasola was 43 when he died. Amalia Mirasola became emotional when her attorney asked her when the last time she saw her kids was, according to nj.com, the answer being that she had not seen them since the day her husband was killed. On Wednesday, her 16-year-old daughter, Vanessa, testified that she felt, at times, like she did not even have a mother in the months leading up to the shooting death…

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Pretrial Begins for Woman Accused of Killing Husband

Amalia Mirasola is charged with shooting her husband to death in 2010.

The pretrial hearings of the woman accused of shooting her husband six times inside their Butler home in 2010, killing him, began this week, with phone calls in which she allegedly admitted to the killing played in court Wednesday, according to NJ.com. Amalia Mirasola was arrested and charged with the murder of her husband, Carl Mirasola, 43 on May 22, 2010. Mirasola, a 47-year-old who suffers from multiple sclerosis and is wheelchair-bound, allegedly told Butler police"I think I shot my husband" when they arrived on the scene. Amalia Mirasola was indicted by a grand jury in March of 2011. NJ.com reported Wednesday that the first pretrial hearing included the audio evidence in court. But Kalman Geist, Mirasola's attorney, claimed the …

Judy L

5:38 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013

Mimi: Mimi: I'd really like to know why you didn't invite her in for coffee when she dropped off her wack-job kid at your house? Isn't that what parents are supposed to do when their kids hang out together? At least to get an idea of what kinda family your kid hangs around with if they went to the Mirasola's home. Perhaps if you did, you could've read between the lines as to how meek, sweet & …   more ›

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