NYC doctor Krystal Cascetta shot dead her four-month-old baby and only child in ‘murder-suicide’ at family’s Westchester home when husband was away

A baby who was shot by her doctor mom in a “murder-suicide” this weekend was an only child, it has been revealed.

The New York State Police have said that Dr. Krystal Cascetta, 40, entered the baby’s room around 7 a.m. Saturday in the town of Somers, in Westchester County, New York, and shot the baby before turning the gun on herself.

Authorities have not released the child’s age and gender, but an online registry suggests the baby was just 4.5 months old. Law enforcement officials also later told the Rockland/Westchester Journal News that the baby was a girl and the only child of Cascetta and an energy bar magnate.

They said Cascetta’s husband, Timothy Talty, 37, was out at the time – but Cascetta’s parents were in the house during the fatal shooting.

A motive for the murder-suicide has yet to be released, as friends and former patients of the New York oncology doctor gather around her.

Cascetta lived in the Granite Springs area of ​​Somers, New York in a $1 million home with her husband Tim Talty, pictured here. He was not home at the time of the murder/suicide

However, her parents were in the house at the time of the fatal shooting

Dr. Cascetta, a hematology-oncology specialist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, lived with Talty in the Granite Springs area of ​​Somers in a $1 million home.

On his Instagram page, Talty had shared images of the two in Austin, Texas, saying Cascetta had come to visit him when they first started dating.

The two were married in 2019 at a party in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, after what Talty described on social media as “so special.”

At the time he said, ‘My wife! It took us a year to plan and a lifetime to gather all the wonderful people to make our wedding so special!’

He now runs his own energy bar company called the Talty Bar and had previously shared online how his wife used her medical and scientific knowledge to provide advice on making the best product.

When DailyMail.com contacted him about his wife’s alleged crime, all he said was, “Can you give us some time?”

Cascetta was a hematology-oncology specialist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City

She married Talty in 2019 at a party in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Their daughter was their only child

Cascetta was a board-certified hematologist and medical oncologist in New York City specializing in breast cancer.

As an internal medicine intern at the Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine at North Shore University Hospital, she received the Intern of the Year award.

She had also served as a Chief Fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital after completing a fellowship program in hematology and medical oncology.

Cascetta is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology.

She had 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.

A biography on Cascetta described the doctor as an avid runner and fitness enthusiast.

It also says that being a doctor was “in her DNA,” noting that as a child she was often found wrapping her dolls in gauze.

When she was in eighth grade, her mother’s best friend died of breast cancer, which would have spurred her to pursue a career in medicine.

She later became an active investigator of breast cancer clinical trials.

Cascetta is pictured here discussing breast cancer with her former patient, writer Kambri Crews

Her friends and patients remembered her Saturday night for her compassion

Her friends and patients remembered her Saturday night for her compassion, with Eri Barr posting on Facebook that she was “absolutely devastated” by the news.

“She was my friend at Albany Med and residency,” Barr wrote. “I always looked up to her.”

Maureen Daly also remembered Cascetta as “loyal to your profession.”

“You were caring and very compassionate to your patients,” she posted of the doctor, adding, “I will miss our conversations.”

Writer Kambri Crews wrote that Cascetta was “a star in her field, a dedicated and lovely, smart and competitive athlete.”

“Years after my cancer surgery, she and I hosted a presentation on breast cancer, and she took me through groundbreaking research and trials,” Crews said. “Because of her, I chose to skip chemo as part of a study.

“I don’t know what happened in her life that made her feel this was the best ending to her story,” the writer continued, “but I know that a large community of survivors, patients and colleagues are heartbroken.

“She cared deeply about her patients and I’m thankful I was one.”