Renowned cancer doctor, Dr. Krystal Cascetta has died and her death is reportedly a result of murder-suicide. Her cause of death and net worth explored.
Krystal Cascetta was a top New York City medical cancer doctor.
Her speciality was in Hematology and Medical Oncology.
She 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.
On August 2023, the world learned about her death as she reportedly died alongside her baby at their $1 million dollars home in Westchester.
Following her painful death, many want to know more about her cause of death and net worth. Read on for more.
How did Dr. Krystal Cascetta die?
On Saturday, August 5, 2023, it was reported that Dr. Cascetta and her baby were found dead in their home in Somers, New York.
According to The New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Somers, their injuries are “consistent with a murder/suicide.”
Law enforcement believe that Cascetta had shot her infant and then herself.
“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,” the police said in a statement.
The police also told The Journal News/lohud that Cascetta’s husband, Tim Talty, was away when the incident occurred, but her parents were reportedly in the house at the time.
Cascetta’s baby was a girl and she was an only child.
The age of the infant remains undisclosed, but according to an online registry created by Cascetta and Talty, the baby had a due date of March 17, 2023, making her four and a half months old at the time of her death.
Who was Krystal Cascetta?
Dr. Krystal Cascetta was an assistant professor of medicine at the hematology and medical oncology department at Mount Sinai.
She was also the site chief at Mount Sinai Queens Infusion Center, which treats patients with cancer and blood disorders.
According to her official bio, Cascetta was an “active investigator of breast cancer clinical trials.”
Much of her clinical work focused on the treatment of breast cancer, gynecologic cancer, sarcoma, and gastrointestinal cancers.
In a blog post on Cascetta’s husband, Talty Bar’s website, it reveals she had the passion for saving lives even when she was young.
“The people closest to Krystal will tell you that being a doctor is in her DNA. Krystal, herself, will tell you that she has wanted to be a doctor for as long as she can remember; that even as a child she could be found wrapping her dolls in gauze,” the blog read.
“When Krystal was in 8th grade, her mother’s best friend passed away from breast cancer. It was this life-altering event that helped Krystal decide that Medical Oncology would be her specialty.”
What was Krystal Cascetta’s net worth?
While there are no confirmed reports about her fortune, Krystal Cascetta had an estimated net worth between $500,000 and $1 million.
Together with her spouse and their daughter, they lived in their $1 million dollar house in Somers, Westchester, New York.
