A woman from the US broke into the
house of her husband’s mistress and shot her before turning the gun on herself on
Monday.
According to New York Post
she allegedly also sought marriage advice online sometime before killing the mistress
and herself.
“Please recommend an EXCELLENT
marriage counsellor for a couple on the brink of divorce,” Jennair Gerardot
(48) wrote in February on the NextDoor app.
“I just transferred to Delaware in
December for my husband’s new job, and he’s telling me he wants a divorce.
“I don’t know anyone and I’m
completely clueless to the area.”
Police said Jennair broke into
Meredith Chapman’s home and fatally shot the 33-year-old woman when she walked
in the door.
“The spurned wife then allegedly
turned the gun on herself in the kitchen — just steps away from Chapman’s
body,” officials added.
The scorned woman who was angry at
Meredith for having an affair with her husband, Mark, is said to have disguised
herself.
“Police believe Gerardot broke a
glass pane in the door to get into the house, carefully cleaning up shards that
had fallen to the floor so Chapman wouldn't suspect a break-in,” National Public Radio reported.
The police have described this as “a calculated attack”.
“Mark
had gone to a restaurant where he thought he'd be meeting Chapman for dinner.
When she didn't show up, he went to her house and found the bodies. He then called
police,” NBC reported.
Jennair and Mark married in 1993,
according to The News Journal.
“Chapman had recently started a new
job at Villanova University as assistant vice president of marketing and
creative services,” National Public Radio said.
Meredith was also married but
didn’t live with her husband.
Jennair once described herself as a
“highly-driven businesswoman” and an “environmentalist at heart” who loved
animals and traveling, the Inquirer
added.
Sources: New York Post; Inquirer;
NPR; NBC
