Murder Suicide

MARTINSBURG, W.VA. A man apparently shot his wife three times early Tuesday before taking his own life with the same gun while the couple's two children were asleep in their Berkeley County home, police said. Brant Gregory Kitzmiller, 32, and Tessia Ann Kitzmiller, 28, were found dead in the master bedroom at 95 Fawn Haven Court shortly after an emergency dispatcher received a 911 call at 3:14 a.m., according to Lt. Gary Harmison of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department.

By LAURA ERNDE Staff Writer MERCERSBURG, Pa. - Pamela K. Carbaugh, a gun pointed at her head, spent 90 minutes on June 15 talking her estranged husband out of shooting her and himself, Franklin County Court records show. On New Year's Day, Leon F. Carbaugh Sr. followed through on his threat at his sister's Peters Township, Pa., home, police said. While the two were exchanging custody of their 8-year-old daughter, Leon Carbaugh, 47, of 2271 Mountain Road, took a revolver from his coat and shot Pamela Carbaugh twice, said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Mike Gayman.

CHAMBERSBURG, PA. - A Hamilton Township couple was found dead inside their home Friday morning after a murder-suicide that occurred Thursday night, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Karen Lynn Johnston, 48, and Thomas William Johnston, 50, were pronounced dead at about 5:30 a.m. in a bedroom of their home at 94 Jameslee Drive, Cpl. Gary Carter said. Carter said Karen Johnston had been shot more than once with a handgun and Thomas Johnston died of a single gunshot wound to the head.

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An Orrstown, Pa., woman on Saturday became the third person to die from last month's murder-suicide that began with a bar argument. Jennifer Todd, 21, of 13382 Cumberland Highway, was pronounced dead at 7:59 p.m. due to complications from multiple gunshot wounds, Franklin County (Pa.) Coroner Jeffrey R. Conner said Monday. See Tuesday's Herald-Mail newspapers for the full story.

Help available to families By ANDREA BROWN-HURLEY / Staff Writer Murder-suicide isn't the answer to the tragic effects of Alzheimer's disease, according to the head of the local Alzheimer's Association. Fred Stouffer, 76, in July asphyxiated himself and his wife, Aileen, 75, who suffered from advanced Alzheimer's disease. Police ruled the Hagerstown couple's deaths a murder-suicide. "Unfortunately, it does happen. But it tends to be the exception," said Barbara Pilgram, executive director of the Alzheimer's Association of Western Maryland.