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North Union Township man, woman dead in apparent murder-suicide

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Alyssa Choiniere | ĢƵ

State police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that occurred Wednesday afternoon at a Republic Street home in North Union Township. Authorities have not yet released the names of the man and woman who died.

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Theresa Allen

A man and woman were killed in an apparent murder-suicide in North Union Township on Wednesday, officials said.

Family members stopped at a Republic Street home to check on the couple and called for police at about 3:30 p.m., according to Fayette County 911.

The names of those who died have not yet been released by police; however, the couple was widely identified on social media as Tina Shetler-Allen and her husband Bill Allen.

Shetler-AllenĢƵ daughter, Jennifer Gaydos, said in a Facebook post that her stepfather killed her mother.

“I can’t believe my best friend is gone,” Gaydos wrote of her mother. “Please pray for my family. I have no idea how I will move on from this.”

Family members gathered at the home Thursday, where a “SeasonĢƵ Greetings” banner flapped in the wind near a deflated holiday decoration.

Shetler-Allen was a recent Republican candidate for clerk of courts in Fayette County. She was involved in many community events and a member of numerous organizations.

In 2015, she spearheaded a campaign to raise funds to buy Christmas decorations for downtown Uniontown.

She hoped to raise $10,000 to purchase LED snowflakes to be mounted on lampposts downtown, and exceeded her fundraising goal.

State police have not released any details on what occurred in the home.

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