Ex-Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Chairman, Wife Found Dead
Charles Snelling's family says he ended his wife's life and then took his own
Charles Snelling, who served on the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for nearly a decade, and his wife, Adrienne, were found dead in their Fogelsville, Pa., home on Thursday morning, according to multiple Patch sources in local Pennsylvania politics. Snelling was a prominent GOP activist and businessman who served as chairman of the board in 2010 and 2011. Adrienne suffered from Alzheimer's disease. "After apparently reaching the point where he could no longer bear to see the love of his life deteriorate further, our father ended our mother's life and then took his own life as well," according to a statement released by the family Thursday evening, WFMZ-TV reports. Both were 81. The Snellings are survived by five children and 11 …
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3:24 pm on Friday, March 30, 2012
What an absolutely heartfelt story, Cherie. Definitely worth reading. What a look into their lives. http://brooks.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/the-life-report-charles-darwin-snelling more ›