A Delaware wife is believed to have ambushed a woman who was
allegedly having an affair with her husband, then shot her before turning the
gun on herself in a murder-suicide.
Jennair Gerardot, 48, (right) from Wilmington, Delaware,
shot and killed her rival 33-year-old Meredith Chapman on Monday night, Radnor Township
Police in Pennsylvania allege.
The police said Jennair Gerardot, a marketing professional,
meticulously planned the murder and lay in wait for her rival.
Police Superintendent William Colarulo said: "Jennair
went to great lengths to disguise herself. She wore a wig, and took a train
from Delaware to Radnor [Pennsylvania]. She broke into the victim’s house, and
cleaned up the glass so the victim didn’t realize someone was in her
home."
Police said Jennair shot Meredith around 7 p.m. when she
walked in the door. The jilted wife then turned the gun on herself. The alleged
assailant’s body was found near the kitchen, not far from Meredith’s.
Jennair's husband, Mark Gerardot, worked at the University
of Delaware, where Merideth used to work. The two were close friends, and
allegedly started having an affair. Merideth eventually left her job and took
on another position as assistant vice president at Villanova University.
Jennair’s husband reportedly alerted authorities that they
may find his wife inside the crime scene.
"There were emails and text messages indicating what
[Jennair] might do," Colarulo told WACU.
Mark Gerardot and Jennair Gerardot seemed like the perfect
couple on social media and often shared photos of each other with heartwarming
captions.
Meredith Chapman is a former television reporter, and a
respected university marketing professional. She also unsuccessfully made a bid
for a state Senate seat in Delaware in 2016. Her husband, Luke Chapman, was
also involved in politics as a former Newark city councilman.
"Meredith was a bright, energetic, and talented young
woman with a firecracker personality that served her community every day.
Meredith was such a wonderful person who continued her destiny to accomplish even
bigger and better things as a agent of positivity and change," wrote Mark
Blake, who knew her, on Facebook.
I am sure some of you would have expected her to shoot her husband first before the side-chic....
Makes sense, especially since she planned to take her own life in the end.
But I don't get why people commit crimes of passion.
Why can't they just walk away and find ways to heal?
1 comment:
Ok now I have read it all..I give up.. The man is alive to follow as many as he can and you are .....Rip
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