A Pennsylvania man is accused of
snapping a woman’s neck after she rejected his marriage proposal.
NBC Philadelphia reports Christopher
Tucker, 34, is charged with murder and criminal homicide in the death of Tara
Serino, 19.
Police say Tucker asked Serino to
meet him at his Berks County home late in October. When he popped the question,
she refused and informed him that she was sleeping with other people.
She allegedly made a comment about how
he should “just kill her.”
Authorities say Tucker “snapped,”
strangling her, breaking her neck and beating her with a hatchet. He also
reportedly poked her eyes out.
Police say he then wrapped the teen
in a rug and fled to Illinois
Authorities in Champaign County,
Illinois detained Tucker on Halloween at a rest stop after he was caught
attempting to break into a farmer’s combine.
He was taken to a hospital for
evaluation. According to Morning Call, authorities in Pennsylvania requested
that detectives in Illinois ask Tucker where Tara Serino was.
Tucker reportedly confessed to
killing Serino, leading authorities to discover her body in his home.
Her injuries were reportedly
consistent with the suspect’s confession.
In addition to homicide and murder
charges, Tucker faces counts of aggravated assault and possession of an
instrument of crime. Besides the hatchet, police said Tucker also used a
25-pound weight plate in the killing.
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