Snapped Tina Lunney and Marie Zoppi

Status: Incarcerated

The story of Tina Lunney and her mother Marie Zoppi is the subject of Oxygen's Snapped show, season 13, episode 6. Oxygen describes the show as: Tina Lunney is a financial advisor who strangled her mother Marie Zoppi with a necktie to steal her credit cards in July 2009..

Tina Lunney was convicted of first-degree murder of her mother, Marie Zoppi, and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon (a necktie) under circumstances not manifestly appropriate for its lawful use, and third-degree possession of a weapon (a necktie) for an unlawful purpose and sentenced to 40 years. 

On July 24, Christopher filed a missing person's report for his wife. Detective Sergeant Louis Cammarata of the Fairfield Police Department (FPD) stated that, just before 5:00 a.m. on July 27, 2009, Deputy Chief Steven Gucken informed him that one of defendant's neighbors had seen her "walking down the street" near her home. Officer Frank Tracy was dispatched and transported defendant to police headquarters.

Shortly thereafter, Detective Charles Zampino of the FPD arrived at headquarters. He and Cammarata drove defendant, who was not handcuffed, to the prosecutor's office between 5:20 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. Defendant asked Cammarata whether he had seen her children, to which he replied that he had not. Upon their arrival at around 6:00 a.m., Lieutenant Michael DeMaio and Prachar directed them to a conference room. According to Prachar, defendant was not a suspect at that time. She was wanted for questioning because she had been reported as a missing person and the autopsy of Zoppi revealed that Zoppi had been murdered. Cammarata had assumed that defendant was brought in for questioning "because of the fact that she was a missing person." Prachar sought to question defendant about the circumstances surrounding her mother's death, specifically whether Zoppi had been "taken, threatened, [or] held against her will."

You can write to Tina Lunney at:

Tina Lunney 000377699E

​Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women
P.O. Box 4004
Clinton, New Jersey 08809

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