Jim Morrell

With the case in the jury's hands, Tom's mother and uncle can only wait.

Guilty of murder in the first degree.

Tom Lally is found guilty of first degree murder.

The sentence, life without parole.

The fate of Anthony Calabro, alleged mastermind, is yet to be decided.

And that means, his lawyer says, that despite the Lally verdict, he still could win his case.

As hard as Donna Strassel finds it to accept the loss of her Aunt Marina... It just would never have happened.

...it's even harder to accept that her own nephew, Anthony, was behind the murder.

But Anthony betrayed his great aunt's love, says prosecutor Susan Corcoran, and with appalling callousness.

By the time Anthony Calabro finally has his day in court, four years have passed since Marina's death.

Unlike his friends, Anthony never gave a statement to police.

He now, tearfully, breaks his three-and-a-half-year silence.

Having seen his friend Tom Lally convicted and hit with life without parole, Anthony is now no longer proclaiming his innocence.

His confession comes only after the state's decision to offer him a deal, plead guilty to a lesser charge.

Prosecutor Susan Corcoran reminds the court one last time just what he did in every horrific detail.

When the defendant entered the apartment, he saw that the victim was dead, shrugged, and left.

Anthony no longer denies any of it.

And as he's led away, his Aunt Donna almost seems relieved.

You said you most wanted him to accept responsibility.

And he did that.