Posted on 06/10/2009 3:40:40 AM PDT by Born Conservative
NAZARETH — Daniel Autenrieth’s life was unraveling. Creditors had sued him over thousands of dollars in unpaid bills. His house was in foreclosure. His wife of 10 years had filed for divorce and then for a protective order, claiming years of physical and mental abuse. He’d lost custody of their three children. Related headlines
The 31-year-old car salesman and youth baseball coach was angry. On Sunday night, his rage boiled over.
After arguing with his estranged wife, Autenrieth kidnapped his 9-year-old son at gunpoint and led police on a 40-mile chase into the Pocono Mountains, then started a gun battle that killed him and a well-liked state police trooper.
Trooper Joshua Miller, a 34-year-old Marine veteran and married father of three, will be buried Friday after a funeral at Pittston Area High School, his alma mater. Miller, the first state trooper since 2005 to be killed in the line of duty, has been hailed as a hero for distracting Autenrieth while other officers whisked the boy to safety.
Court documents filed in connection with a bitter divorce and custody battle show that Autenrieth’s behavior was increasingly erratic in the weeks preceding Sunday’s shooting near Tobyhanna. His wife, Susan Autenrieth, a 31-year-old nurse, reported that he threatened to kill her, physically attacked her, repeatedly broke into her apartment, and obsessively called her — more than 100 times in a two-week span.
“The stalking, the threats, the rage are all escalating and I truly fear for my safety,” she wrote in mid-May.
Through her attorney, Susan Autenrieth declined comment Tuesday. “She’s dealing with a very tragic situation for three young kids and she doesn’t want it to become more complicated than necessary,” said the attorney, Kimberly Bennett.
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Why is the paper making so many excuses for the killer but only devoting a few scant words to the victim?
Way to Go, Jerk! My money is on, he had a gun because he was on his way to kill his son and then himself. That Brave Trooper died saving the child's life.
This man was a coke-head, irresponsible father and unstable human being.
He probably ran into the legal system multiple times where he should have been removed from society, but liberal judges turned him back out to prey on his family.
Why would they change now?
Hang the bastard.
“He probably ran into the legal system multiple times where he should have been removed from society, but liberal judges turned him back out to prey on his family.”
Wait a sec....according to some FReepers, we are living in a police state, not a society which shows leniency to criminals.
They sound like his council.
Makes me want to puke.
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