North Union Township man, woman dead in apparent murder-suicide
Alyssa Choiniere | 缅北禁地
State police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that occurred Wednesday afternoon at a Republic Street home in North Union Township. Authorities have not yet released the names of the man and woman who died.
Theresa Allen
A man and woman were killed in an apparent murder-suicide in North Union Township on Wednesday, officials said.
Family members stopped at a Republic Street home to check on the couple and called for police at about 3:30 p.m., according to Fayette County 911.
The names of those who died have not yet been released by police; however, the couple was widely identified on social media as Tina Shetler-Allen and her husband Bill Allen.
Shetler-Allen鈥檚 daughter, Jennifer Gaydos, said in a Facebook post that her stepfather killed her mother.
鈥淚 can鈥檛 believe my best friend is gone,鈥� Gaydos wrote of her mother. 鈥淧lease pray for my family. I have no idea how I will move on from this.鈥�
Family members gathered at the home Thursday, where a 鈥淪eason鈥檚 Greetings鈥� banner flapped in the wind near a deflated holiday decoration.
Shetler-Allen was a recent Republican candidate for clerk of courts in Fayette County. She was involved in many community events and a member of numerous organizations.
In 2015, she spearheaded a campaign to raise funds to buy Christmas decorations for downtown Uniontown.
She hoped to raise $10,000 to purchase LED snowflakes to be mounted on lampposts downtown, and exceeded her fundraising goal.
State police have not released any details on what occurred in the home.