Husband Killed Ex-Wife with a Chainsaw, Then Took His Own Life: Coroner
The deaths of a recently divorced Pennsylvania couple found mutilated by a chainsaw have been ruled a murder-suicide. The bodies of Nicole Peppelman, 43, and her ex-husband Chris Peppelman, 48, were discovered by their 14-year-old son Tuesday afternoon. Police said both had suffered "lacerations from a chainsaw." Dr. Walter I. Hofman of the Montgomery County Coroner's Office said Wednesday that Chris killed his ex-wife in the basement of their home before turning the chainsaw on himself, according to NBC 10. Nicole died from a gaping wound to the abdomen inflicted by the chainsaw. She was also stabbed in the neck and choked, according...
- 4/2/2015
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
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