Murder-Suicide: Penn. Man Kills Wife, Then Self Leaving 5 Kids Orphaned Days Before Christmas

[Sugar Cookie]

A Pennsylvania man killed his wife Tuesday before turning the gun on himself — leaving their five children orphaned just five days before Christmas.

Blase, 39, and Brooke Raia, 34, were arguing around 7 p.m. in the basement of their Greenwood home when Blase allegedly fired the handgun on his wife, Logan Township Police Chief Dave Hoover told the Altoona Mirror.

He shot her in the head, a fate cops say he would shortly after inflict upon himself.

The four younger children were home at the time of the apparent murder-suicide.

The eldest returned home from work just half an hour after the tragedy to find his parent’s bodies, according to Hoover.

Police have not yet determined a motive and are working to rule out the possibility that others may have been involved.

The news was shocking to the community, who remembered Blase Raia as a friendly man who worked as a machinist at the Juniata Locomotive Shop of Norfolk Southern.


“He was a nice guy, a good worker,” Jim Patterson, a retired employee, told the outlet. “He seemed well-liked by his fellow workers.”

Pennsylvania man kills wife in murder-suicide, leaving 5 kids orphaned days before Christmas

The four younger children were home at the time of the apparent murder-suicide.

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Fucked up their Christmas' for the rest of their lives.

 

[thuumpr]

All of the Christmas murders...
Yeah... these kids will be messed up for life.

 

[DeeDee]

This is depraved! There is no way he didn't realize this would fuckin destroy his children forever. Whatever good show he put on at work doesn't mean shit.

He was an actual monster.

 

[Future_Milf]

This is depraved! There is no way he didn't realize this would fuckin destroy his children forever. Whatever good show he put on at work doesn't mean shit.

He was an actual monster.

He just didn't care.

 

[Hypodermic Noodles]

And these are moments you can't ever take back. What a fucking moron. Poor kids...childhood completely ruined in the moments of a poor decision and argument between 2 adults. SMDH.

 

[El_Fapo_Del_Nino]

He got a DNA test. That's always the reason.

 

[Sejanus]

Was she leaving him perhaps?

 

[Josh P]

Was she leaving him perhaps?

He created the divorce then took the Smith and Wesson retirement plan.