Police: Affair was apparent motive in Rosemont, Pa. murder-suicide
RADNOR TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- Police have identified the two women who were found dead after a murder-suicide in the Rosemont section of Radnor Township, Pa., and said an affair may have been the motive for the attack.
The victims were identified as Jennair Gerardot, 47, of Wilmington, Delaware and 33-year-old Meredith Sullivan Chapman, who lived in the Lowrys Lane home where the bodies were found.
Police believe Gerardot broke into the house, waited for Chapman to arrive, shot Chapman as soon as she walked in, and then shot herself.
Investigators said the killings apparently stemmed from a domestic situation involving the two women and Gerardot's husband.
"You had a man that was married that was having an affair with this other woman. The wife knew about it, and this was a calculated, planned attack," said Police Superintendent William Colarulo.
"There were emails and text messages indicating what she planned to do, and the detectives are still sorting that out," Colarulo said.
Officials believe Gerardot may have disguised herself and taken a train from Delaware to the home.
Chapman, a 2007 graduate of the University of Delaware, worked for the school in media relations and marketing and was recently hired as an assistant vice president at Villanova University. She ran unsuccessfully for a state Senate seat in Delaware in 2016.
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