Horrifying move eye doctor made hours after 'shooting dead' Spirit flight attendant outside Palm Beach home
Richard Seith, an ophthalmologist from Jensen Beach, is facing a first degree murder charge for what detectives have described as a cold-blooded and calculated ambush.
On July 15, Seith, 53, allegedly shot his ex-wife Cynthia Sciarrone (Seith), 55, upon her return from a late night shift as a flight attendant.
The Spirit flight attendant, also known as Cindi, was discovered face-down on the sidewalk 75 feet from her Lake Worth gated community condo by Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Engine 32 at 3:22am.
According to arrest records obtained by Daily Mail, Sciarrone had a gunshot wound to her head. She was pronounced dead at 3:26am.
Detectives received an anonymous tip later on July 15 indicating that Seith was responsible. The tip claimed 'the victim was believed to be scared of the suspect and had disclosed this information before the victim's death'.
Upon further investigation, detectives discovered that Sciarrone and Seith had divorced just months earlier, on May 5, 2025, and that her ex-husband owed her $285,000.
Dashcam footage found in Cynthia's Subaru showed a shadowy figure - now believed to be Seith - bending near the rear hatch of her car, and investigators think he was retrieving a GPS tracking device that had been attached to her vehicle.
On July 15, Richard Seith, 53, allegedly shot his ex-wife Cynthia Sciarrone (pictured), 55, upon her return from a late night shift as a flight attendant
This discovery led to a mountain of evidence insinuating that Seith had been relentlessly stalking his ex-wife in the months before her death.
In Seith's home, detectives found (along with multiple firearms, ammunition and a silencer) a Cube GPS tracker. Seith purchased the device in May and made the chilling move to cancel its subscription just 3.5 hours after Cynthia's murder, records show.
Seith's distinctive orange Jeep Wrangler was also spotted repeatedly by neighborhood surveillance cameras near Sciarrone's home before and after the shooting, though he denied being in Palm Beach County and claimed he hadn't seen Cynthia since December 2024.
Seith is also accused of stalking his ex-wife by friends of Sciarrone and witnesses mentioned in the arrest record.
One witness, a previous ex of Seith, described the doctor's 'emotional and psychologically abusive behavior' toward Sciarrone.
These accusations included sexual coercion, in which Seith would demand that Sciarrone 'swing' with other sexual partners - which she was not comfortable doing, according to the witness.
According to the arrest affidavit, Sciarrone 'was promised by Richard Seith that he'd pay for medically necessary dental care in exchange for agreeing to these intimate relations'.
The same witness had previously been granted their own petition for injunction for protection against stalking in regards to their relationship to the Seiths.
The witness also shed light on why the Seiths relationship came to an end, saying Sciarrone 'realized that she could not stay in the abusive relationship'.
Sciarrone then trained to be a flight attendant to become financially independent, having previously worked at Seith's medical practice, the witness stated.
While she was away for training, Seith allegedly confided in Sciarrone that 'he could not drink alcohol when home alone because his mind went to "dark place" imagining what she was doing when away from him.'
Seith also previously admitted to his then-wife that he had stalked a former girlfriend using a fake Facebook profile, according to the affidavit.
The same ex-girlfriend later contacted Sciarrone to tell her Seith had recently re-contacted her and that the flight attendant should 'run run run' from him.
Earlier this week bodycam footage was released that captured the moment Seith had complained about their four-way relationship with another couple.
Seith was seen in the footage from July 2024 being stopped by deputies responding to reports of shots fired at a home.
The home belonged to a couple, who have not been identified, that Seith and his ex-wife Sciarrone had been in an 'intimate relationship' with, investigators said.
Sciarrone trained to be a flight attendant to become financially independent, having previously worked at Seith's medical practice
Deputies arrived at the home to find a bullet shattered a window and another pierced a child's bedroom wall.
A deputy spotted Seith driving nearby and was heard in the bodycam saying he was 'exactly who I am looking for'.
Seith denied firing the bullets but admitted he was cruising outside the couple's home, looking for his wife.
'I look to see if she's here. We're still married, and I don't approve of it,' he told the deputy in the bodycam footage.
Despite the bullet holes in the couple's home, deputies were unable to link the bullets to Seith's gun and they let him go from the traffic stop.
'Unfortunately, our deputies didn't have enough to arrest Mr. Seith, and had to give him his gun back,' Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said during a news conference on Tuesday.
Sciarrone's friends told WPBF25 News that she had feared her ex-husband for months, and believed he was dangerous.
'She was really scared and she had said that on numerous occasions — that he's just not a nice man and she was scared of him,' said Gary Stamper, a former Spirit Airlines flight attendant who went through training with Sciarrone in 2022.
Friends of Sciarrone are distraught and horrified by her death, especially given her valiant efforts to escape from her 'abusive' ex-husband.
Lisa Melichar, a fellow flight attendant and friend of Sciarrone, posted on Facebook about the murder.
'They've arrested the man who murdered my best friend. Her ex-husband, who stalked and harassed her for more than a year. Who drained her financially, psychologically, and emotionally. Who couldn't stand to lose control — so he took her life instead,' she wrote.
'She was finally stepping into freedom. Beckoning herself,' she continued, adding 'She gave the best hugs. Showed up even on her hardest days.'
'I pray for the harshest possible sentence. What he did was calculated and evil,' Melichar wrote.
Seith remains held without bond in the Palm Beach County Jail. He has denied involvement in Sciarrone's death.
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