A convicted killer is set to inherit a quarter-million dollars from his
victim. Heroin addict Brandon Palladino, 24, will be living in the lap
of luxury when he’s sprung from jail, where he’s serving time for
killing his mother-in-law — an outcome that has the victim’s family
fuming. “It’s not justice. I don’t understand how he can profit from a
crime,” said a tearful Donna Larsen, the sister of the woman Palladino
killed in 2008, Dianne Edwards. “He’s going to come out of jail in his
40s with hundreds of thousands of dollars.” Palladino has admitted he
killed Edwards, 59, after she caught him trying to steal jewelry from
her Long Island home. He made a deal to do 25 years in jail, minus time
served, more than a year — avoiding the maximum of 25 years to life.
Edwards’ will bequeathed all of her worldly goods — about $431,000 —
to her only daughter, Deanna Palladino, 23, who was never charged in the
crime. Deanna died last February, leaving everything to her jailed
husband. “It’s an outrage. He can’t have that money — it’s just not
right. It’s ludicrous,” said Larsen. She claims her dead niece, Deanna
Palladino, was part of the robbery that led to the murder and took part
in an attempted cover-up. “She gave him the key to my sister’s house,
and then they later went there together before the police were called.
She was part of the cover-up and even pawned some of my sister’s
jewelry. It’s a slap in the face,” said Larsen who’d rather see the
money go to the state or to charity. – EXCLUSIVE NY Post
