Wife of doctor found dead in Tarpon Springs mansion ordered to pay his children $200M

The Brief

  • The wife of a prominent doctor found shot to death in the garage of his Tarpon Springs mansion was ordered to pay his kids $200M as part of a civil suit.
  • She was found in civil court to have “unlawfully and intentionally killed, or participated in procuring the death” of her husband.
  • She was never formally charged in her husband’s death.

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. It has been more than a decade since a prominent doctor was found shot to death in his garage in Tarpon Springs.

Dr. Steven Schwartz, a 74-year-old kidney specialist, was found dead from two gunshot wounds in the garage of his Tarpon Springs mansion back in May 2014. His wife found him and called the police, saying there had been a burglary.

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