Credit: Tullytown police
A Montgomery County man with a changing story on how his girlfriend ended up with a .380 caliber slug in her will spend 7.5 to 20 years behind bars.
Anthony J. Depolo, 33, of East Greenville, entered a no contest plea to a charge of involuntary manslaughter and agreed to the state prison time as part of a negotiated sentence. He will also serve five years on probation, according to Deputy District Attorney Kristin McElroy.
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Police were called to the 300 block of Main Street in Tullytown Borough around 8:45 p.m. on October 1, 2017. They arrived to find Helen Lynn Farr, who had addresses in Tullytown and East Greenville, dead of single a gunshot wound to her neck.
Sgt. Andrew Bunda opulled up and found Depolo standing near the woman’s body with a .380 caliber Ruger semi-automatic handgun in a holster on his pants, authorities said.
Through an investigation, police determined that Farr and Depolo had been drinking earlier in the day before an argument broke out. A neighbor reportedly saw Farr swing at Depolo and heard a “pop” a few minutes later.
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When interviewed by two Bucks County Detectives at the Tullytown Borough Hall, Depolo’s story changed.
Credit: Ron Roberts
Prosecutors said Depolo first told investigators Farr, his girlfriend of four months, had shot herself after grabbing his gun, stating she did not want to live anymore.
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His story then changed and was one about a struggle for the gun when it went off, adding his DNA would not be on the trigger because he did not have his hand on the firearm when it went off.
Finally, Depolo said he shot Farr in self-defense because she was taking swings at him.
Detectives swabbed the handgun for DNA and found only Depolo’s on the trigger, police said.
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Farr was staying with a relative in Tullytown at the time of her death.
Just days before the fatal incident, Farr posted on her Facebook: “Tony&Helen forever.”
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