Top NYC cancer doctor, 40, ‘shoots herself and her baby dead at their $1M Westchester home in horrific murder-suicide’
- State police say Krystal Cascetta, 40, shot her baby before turning the gun on herself on Saturday morning
- Dr Cascetta was a well renowned hematology and oncology specialist with Mount Sinai in New York City
- She had lived in the town of Somers with her husband and their child in New York state
A top cancer doctor has killed herself and her baby in what police have determined to be a murder-suicide, in her $1million Westchester home.
Dr. Krystal Cascetta, 40, was a Hematology-Oncology specialist with Mount Sinai in New York City.
ABC7 first reported that the incident happened around 7am this morning in the town of Somers, with a preliminary investigation ruling she had shot herself and her baby.
A statement from state police said: ‘The New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Somers are investigating a murder/suicide in the town of Somers.
‘A preliminary investigation revealed that at approximately 7:00 a.m., Krystal Cascetta entered her child’s room and shot her baby and then turned the gun on herself.
Dr Krystal Cascetta, right, is said to have murdered her child before turning the gun on herself. Pictured here with husband Tim Talty
Dr Krystal Cascetta, a renowned cancer doctor, is believed to have killed herself and her baby at her Westchester home
This is the house where the suspected murder suicide took place, in the infant’s bedroom
‘The scene is consistent with a murder/suicide.
The age and gender of the baby have not yet been released by police but a due date shared online hints that Dr Cascetta was due in March of this year.
Dr Cascetta had lived in the Granite Springs area of Somers in New York State inside a $1 million home with her husband Tim Talty, 37.
Cascetta had lived in the Granite Springs area of Somers in New York State inside a $1 million home with her husband Tim Talty, pictured here
Contacted by DailyMail.com Saturday, an upset-sounding Talty said: ‘Can you give us some time?’
The two had married in 2019 during a celebration in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, after what Talty described in a social media post as a ‘so special’.
At the time, he said: ‘My Wife! It took us a year to plan and a lifetime to gather all of the wonderful people to make our wedding so special!’
Talty runs his own energy bar company, called the Talty Bar, with his wife advising on it as a medical professional.
On the Talty Bar website,
The two had married in 2019 during a celebration in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in what Talty described in a social media post as a ‘so special’
Talty, pictured here with Cascetta and friends, runs his own energy bar company, called the Talty Bar, with his wife advising on it as a medical professional.
Cascetta was a board certified Hematologist and Medical Oncologist in New York City, specializing in breast cancer.
She had received her medical degree from Albany Medical College, where she was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society for demonstrating excellence in humanistic clinical care, leadership, compassion, and dedication to service.
In a bio about Cascetta, she was described as an avid runner and fitness enthusiast.
The bio also says that being a doctor ‘was in her DNA’ and was routinely found as a child wrapping her dolls in gauze.
When she was in 8th grade her mother’s best friend passed away from breast cancer and this event is said to have spurred her on to pursue a career in medicine.
Due to this event, Cascetta was an active investigator of breast cancer clinical trials.
As a resident in internal medicine at the Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine at North Shore University Hospital she received the Intern of the Year award.
She had also served as Chief Fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital after completing a fellowship program in Hematology and Medical Oncology.
Cascetta is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology.
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