What is not in these stories is the Husband was threatening her at work just one hour before. Her Job is three blocks from home. That night it was just her and the co-worker working at the business. Her co-worker kept answering the phone and hanging up on him. Finally the wife talked to her husband and let him have it about embarrassing her and bothering her at work and hung up the phone. She told the customer and the co-worker there at closing time that one of them would be in Jail by the end of the night. What the readers to these stories don't know is the Husband would never have gotten near his wife at work. WHY? The co-worker (female and best friend) has a CCW and carries a holstered DA .45.
Because of that woman and her gun is why this guy waited for his wife to come home. He laid in wait in the backyard waiting for her to open the back door and let the dogs out so he could attack her. While she was at work she had the protection of another women who was armed, at home she was not.
Police: Man stabbed estranged wife, then took his life
By Violet Law and Bobby Kerlik
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, October 6, 2004
A man forced his way into his estranged wife's home in Brookline and fatally stabbed her with a butcher knife before killing himself Tuesday night, police said.
The bodies of Jeff and Lynn McFeely, who neighbors said were in their mid-40s, were found in the back yard of the home in the 1500 block of Berkshire Avenue. Pittsburgh police said they were called to the home at 8:20 p.m. for a report of a domestic dispute.
Neighbors said they heard screams for help but were kept from the back yard by the couple's two dogs.
Sandy Huetter, who lives across the street from the McFeelys, said her granddaughter heard the screaming.
Huetter said Lynn McFeely was a pleasant person and "was finally getting her life back together."
The couple's adult son, Dennis, was called by neighbors and arrived at the house before police.
Neighbors said Jeff McFeely was no longer living at the house and that his wife had recently obtained a protection-from-abuse order.
"Although it appears to be a murder-suicide, we are still investigating," police Lt. Kevin Kraus said.
Slain wife feared husband would try to take her life
By Violet Law
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, October 7, 2004
A month before her estranged husband killed her, Lynn McFeely wrote in a petition for a protective court order that she feared for her life.
"He threatened me, saying, 'I have one for you and one for me,' meaning a bullet," she wrote in a Sept. 7 petition for a protection-from-abuse order. "He has threatened me in the past with a gun."
Jeffrey McFeely killed his wife and himself with a large butcher knife as their horrified Brookline neighbors watched the domestic dispute unfold shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday in the back yard of the McFeelys' Berkshire Avenue home, where they had lived for 25 years.
About three weeks ago, Jeffrey McFeely, 45, promised a family court judge he would relinquish his weapons and would not try to contact his wife.
Lynn McFeely, 46, said in her petition that her husband had suffered from depression and mood swings, had tossed and shattered objects, and had punched walls and doors. She also said he owned two handguns.
Lynn McFeely said in the petition that she fled from her home after her husband threatened her on Sept. 1.
"I left the residence," she wrote. "He chased me in his car. I went to a public place blowing my horn. He then left, and I have not been home since."
During a Sept. 16 hearing, a family court judge ordered Jeffrey McFeely to be evicted from the house.
Lynn McFeely was generally well-liked in the neighborhood, but her husband was known for his temper.
Neighbors wanted to intervene when they saw Jeffrey McFeely attacking his wife, but the family dogs chased away the would-be rescuers.
"People were trying to help her," said Sandy Huetter, who lives across the street.
One neighborhood friend called the couple's only child, Dennis. When he arrived, he found his parents collapsed in the back yard with fatal stab wounds to their chests.
Because of that woman and her gun is why this guy waited for his wife to come home. He laid in wait in the backyard waiting for her to open the back door and let the dogs out so he could attack her. While she was at work she had the protection of another women who was armed, at home she was not.
Police: Man stabbed estranged wife, then took his life
By Violet Law and Bobby Kerlik
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, October 6, 2004
A man forced his way into his estranged wife's home in Brookline and fatally stabbed her with a butcher knife before killing himself Tuesday night, police said.
The bodies of Jeff and Lynn McFeely, who neighbors said were in their mid-40s, were found in the back yard of the home in the 1500 block of Berkshire Avenue. Pittsburgh police said they were called to the home at 8:20 p.m. for a report of a domestic dispute.
Neighbors said they heard screams for help but were kept from the back yard by the couple's two dogs.
Sandy Huetter, who lives across the street from the McFeelys, said her granddaughter heard the screaming.
Huetter said Lynn McFeely was a pleasant person and "was finally getting her life back together."
The couple's adult son, Dennis, was called by neighbors and arrived at the house before police.
Neighbors said Jeff McFeely was no longer living at the house and that his wife had recently obtained a protection-from-abuse order.
"Although it appears to be a murder-suicide, we are still investigating," police Lt. Kevin Kraus said.
Slain wife feared husband would try to take her life
By Violet Law
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, October 7, 2004
A month before her estranged husband killed her, Lynn McFeely wrote in a petition for a protective court order that she feared for her life.
"He threatened me, saying, 'I have one for you and one for me,' meaning a bullet," she wrote in a Sept. 7 petition for a protection-from-abuse order. "He has threatened me in the past with a gun."
Jeffrey McFeely killed his wife and himself with a large butcher knife as their horrified Brookline neighbors watched the domestic dispute unfold shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday in the back yard of the McFeelys' Berkshire Avenue home, where they had lived for 25 years.
About three weeks ago, Jeffrey McFeely, 45, promised a family court judge he would relinquish his weapons and would not try to contact his wife.
Lynn McFeely, 46, said in her petition that her husband had suffered from depression and mood swings, had tossed and shattered objects, and had punched walls and doors. She also said he owned two handguns.
Lynn McFeely said in the petition that she fled from her home after her husband threatened her on Sept. 1.
"I left the residence," she wrote. "He chased me in his car. I went to a public place blowing my horn. He then left, and I have not been home since."
During a Sept. 16 hearing, a family court judge ordered Jeffrey McFeely to be evicted from the house.
Lynn McFeely was generally well-liked in the neighborhood, but her husband was known for his temper.
Neighbors wanted to intervene when they saw Jeffrey McFeely attacking his wife, but the family dogs chased away the would-be rescuers.
"People were trying to help her," said Sandy Huetter, who lives across the street.
One neighborhood friend called the couple's only child, Dennis. When he arrived, he found his parents collapsed in the back yard with fatal stab wounds to their chests.
