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A person from Enola, Pennsylvania has been accused of killing his spouse on Christmas Eve — and making an attempt to make it appear to be she died by suicide.
According to courtroom paperwork obtained by PennLive, Christopher Colbert, 39, obtained into an argument together 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 also be accused of strangling her, in response to docs reviewed by People. She was additionally simply 39 years outdated.
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After the horrific killing, Christopher reportedly known 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 known 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 observed 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 effectively. 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 actual fact they have been each presupposed 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 prison murder, aggravated assault, strangulation, and tampering with bodily proof. He has been denied bond, per courtroom information. His preliminary listening to is scheduled for January 12, and at the moment, it’s unclear whether or not he has issued a plea or retained a lawyer.
Police ask anybody with data relating to this case to contact Det. Coleen Redifer of Hampden Township Police at 717-761-2609.
If you or somebody you recognize is experiencing home violence, assist is obtainable. 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 you recognize is considering suicide, assist is obtainable. 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]