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A person from Enola, Pennsylvania has been accused of killing his spouse on Christmas Eve — and attempting to make it appear to be she died by suicide.
According to courtroom paperwork obtained by PennLive, Christopher Colbert, 39, obtained into an argument along with his spouse, Tamara Colbert, on Saturday, and issues escalated uncontrolled. Per police, she fled upstairs after her husband tried to assault her with a knife. The altercation continued within the bed room, the place Colbert allegedly shot Tamara within the head. He can be accused of strangling her, in accordance with docs reviewed by People. She was additionally simply 39 years previous.
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After the horrific killing, Christopher reportedly referred to as his father in Florida and claimed Tamara had shot herself. As PennLive reported, he was apparently in an irrational state and “not completing sentences” — inflicting his father to be nervous. Poppa then referred to as 911 to request police carry out a welfare verify — and when police confirmed up on the residence, they discovered Christopher sitting in his automobile within the couple’s storage. They seen blood on his head, a close-by pistol, and that he smelled of alcohol.
Shockingly, Christopher had deserted the charade. In a blood-stained letter found inside the house, he revealed he’d killed Tamara and deliberate to die by suicide as properly. According to PennLive, the letter acknowledged:
“There is no one I love more than Tamara. She was my world and I ruined it. I’m so impossibly sorry, understand that I didn’t kill her. She and I had a fight. We were not doing well.”
Addressing the very fact they have been each alleged to be useless when cops arrived, he allegedly wrote:
“We both had tendencies to be angry when things went poorly. Writing any of this is silly, since we’re dead, and I’m going to be seen as the cause.”
Whoa. So, so tragic.
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Christopher has been charged with legal murder, aggravated assault, strangulation, and tampering with bodily proof. He has been denied bond, per courtroom data. His preliminary listening to is scheduled for January 12, and right now, it’s unclear whether or not he has issued a plea or retained a lawyer.
Police ask anybody with info concerning this case to contact Det. Coleen Redifer of Hampden Township Police at 717-761-2609.
If you or somebody is experiencing home violence, assist is accessible. Consider calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or textual content START to 88788, or go to https://www.thehotline.org/. If you or somebody is considering suicide, assist is accessible. Consider contacting the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, by calling, texting, or chatting, or go to 988lifeline.org.
[Image via Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office]
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