It seems that the romantic first meeting place of Florida's most famous common-law couple was at the local dentist's office. Michael Schiavo and Jodi Centonze may have met before the fateful night of February 25, 1990 when Terri Schiavo collapsed under mysterious circumstances.
a scene, complete with soothing background music and posters of dental implants, seems an unlikely place for budding romance.
While Michael Schiavo was a married man, Jodi Centonze was a divorcee. according to published reports, Centonze threw in the towel on her marriage to her first husband, Scott Blough soon after New Year's Day of 1989. Jodi and Scott had tied the knot in October, 1986.
Centonze's father, Joseph was an auto mechanic. Joseph died an untimely death at age 54, when he was killed as the result of a 1988 automobile accident.
Centonze's mother, Eleanor was an employee of then Pinellas County Sheriff Everett Rice. Eleanor worked as a clerk at the Pinellas County Sheriff's Department, a position she held for 20 years until her retirement in 1999. Michael Schiavo, a registered nurse, was hired by Sherriff Rice to work in the Inmate's Medical Care Division of Pinellas Country Jail. Rice's hiring of Michael Schiavo came at the same time that guardianship proceedings were being heard in the court of Rice's long time friend, Judge George Greer.
Records indicate that Jodi Centonze had been injured in two automobile accidents. The first one was in December of 1987, followed by a second accident some eight months later.
at the time of the accidents, Centonze had already been working full-time in the insurance industry.
Joining the insurance industry while she was still a high school student, Centonze took a full-time job with the industry following her graduation in 1983. although most known for her directorship in the inactive Jerger & Centonze Insurnace (sic) agency Inc., where Michael Schiavo is listed as a 2001 director, in reality Centonze holds licenses with multiple insurance companies, including american Liberty Insurance, which according to its website holds "fundraises for the Hospice Foundation".
after sustaining neck and shoulder injuries in the 1988 auto accidents, Centonze is alleged to have had as many as 19 cavities in a year, and was seeing a dentist on a regular basis. It was in the dentist's reception area that she reportedly met Michael Schiavo, allegedly some time before February, 1990.
Terri Schindler Schiavo had worked for Prudential Insurance Co. in Pennsylvania and continued with the company in Florida when she moved there with husband, Michael. Terri was employed by Prudential at the time of her collapse.
Only Michael was a witness to Terri's collapse on the fateful night of February 25, 1990.
although in sworn testimony, he admitted that he knew CPR. Michael admits that he did not administer it. Having found Terri lying face down, he apparently didn't even take steps to move her head allowing her to breathe easier.
Unsolved mystery one thousand and one in the Terri Schiavo case involves 53-year-old Gloria Centonze, wife of Jodi's brother, John Centonze. Gloria claims that she was a nurse for Terri at a nursing home, circa 1990-1991.
But according to the licensing records for Florida medical professionals, no nursing license is on file in Florida under either the name Centonze or Gloria's maiden name of Cassaro.
Meantime, there are enough unsolved mysteries in the Schiavo case to call for a Colombo.
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