At age 33, he still demonstrated an ability to pull high school girls and his latest was Amy Lynch, an 18 year old class senior. He'd worked on her parents' phone line and after seeing a photo of her in the house asked to meet her. Rose Shore said that Tony enthusiastically visited them over Easter 1995 with Lynch and his daughters and Lynch said that he'd dictated all of their wardrobes. Rose said his need for control was apparent. The girls were smartly and well-dressed, but they had to obey all of his commands.

In spring 1997, Tony called his mother up and said he and Lynch were getting married and if she could watch the girls while they were on their honeymoon. Deanna said she didn't know if she could fit it into her schedule, after which Tony said angrily "If you don't see them now you never will!" Although Deanna was preoccupied with other matters at that time, she reluctantly gave in. When Amber and Tiffany arrived in Sacramento, their grandmother immediately knew that something was amiss. The girls, now 12 and 13, were mum and hardly said anything. The two were always together all the time, which even for siblings was a little unusual, and although it was a hot June day, they were wearing heavy clothing.

Deanna finally decided to solve this odd behavior by splitting them up and sending Tiffany to stay with her Aunt Gina in Seattle. Deanna told her she was starting to believe they'd been molested and giving the girls some time apart from each other might be a good idea. After Tiffany went up to Washington, the truth came out when Gina was complaining about something that had happened at her job recently. She exclaimed "You ever feel that something's totally unjustified?" Tiffany turned white as a sheet and replied "How do you know about that!?"