Chainsaw murder/suicide in PA

[BiffSplitkins]

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a Philadelphia-area husband and wife bled to death in a murder-suicide in which a chain saw was used.

Montgomery County Coroner Walter Hofman said Wednesday that 48-year-old Christopher Peppelman killed his wife, 41-year-old Nicole Peppelman, and took his own life.

Hofman said both suffered “gaping, sharp-force injuries” to the abdomen and in the husband’s case, also to the right thigh.

Police in Lower Moreland Township had said the couple’s son found them unresponsive, “with lacerations from a chain saw,” on Tuesday.

The autopsy found Nicole Peppelman was also choked and stabbed.

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I couldn't imagine committing suicide... especially by chainsaw. That's pretty extreme.

I've read about 3 murder/suicides this week. Why is this trending all of a sudden?

Murder/suicide on a cruise ship: http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2015/4/3/two_dead_in_apparent.html

The 3rd one I read about happened right here in the town I grew up in.

http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/03/sheriffs_cicero_couple_found_dead_after_murder-suicide.html

[JinxDeMynx]

Whoa.. That's pretty serious. Not to mention over-the-top extreme.

That passes the crazy meter.

[BiffSplitkins]

That passes the crazy meter.

It sure seems like the crazy meter has been spiking quite a bit these days.

[rashore]

I find murder/suicide kind of baffling to begin with- but with a chainsaw? Sheesh.

[xYlvax]

If they were trying to scare and scar their son for life, they definitely succeeded.. Wow.

[Use your brain]

Points for originality.

[DefenceMinisterMishkin]

So he stabbed her..then moved up to a chainsaw?

This is male efficiency..