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The Soldier Who Made It Home, Only to Be Murdered Days Later
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As always, thank you for hanging out and remembering Anthony Riggs with me today.
In March 1991, 22-year-old Army Specialist Anthony Riggs returned home to Detroit after serving in the Persian Gulf, only to be brutally murdered less than a week later. As he loaded belongings into a van to help move his wife and stepdaughter, shots rang out, and Anthony collapsed, fatally wounded.
What first looked like a random act of urban violence quickly unraveled into a chilling betrayal. Police soon arrested his wife, Toni Riggs, and her brother, Michael Cato, accusing them of orchestrating the killing in a plot to collect his substantial life-insurance payout.
At trial, Michael Cato was convicted of first-degree murder and received a life sentence without parole.