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Man Shot And Killed Ex-wife As She Played Organ During Church Service

December 3, 2012 at 3:36 pm by Morbid

COUDERSPORT, PA – An elementary school music teacher walked into a Sunday church service and shot his ex-wife while she played the organ. He returned minutes later and shot her again to ensure she was dead.

Darlene Sitler, 53, was seated at the organ during the Sunday morning service at First United Presbyterian Church of Coudersport when her ex husband, 53-year-old Gregory Eldred, walked in through a rear door behind the choir.

According to the pastor, Eldred leveled a handgun at Sitler and then shot her. Sitler fell into the organ pit as Eldred walked out of the church. Witnesses say he went to his truck in the parking lot but returned five minutes later.

Some of the congregation tried to keep Eldred from entering, but Eldred said he had to “finish this” and threatened to kill anyone who got in his way. He then walked over to his ex-wife, who was believed to still be alive, saying, “I got to see if she’s dead,” before shooting at her two more times.

Having had enough of his antics, the members of the church where finally able to subdue Eldred and take the gun away from him. Police arrived and took Eldred into custody. He is currently being held without bond on first-degree murder charges.

Eldred taught music to elementary students at the Coudersport Area School District for the past 25 years and played clarinet for the Southern Tier Symphony Orchestra. Sitler taught music at the Northern Potter Children’s School for 30 years.

The couple have been divorced since 2010, and police say it didn’t appear the couple’s divorce was related to the shooting. However, there’s a rumor goin’ round that federal investigators were at the a Coudersport school on Friday investigating Eldred for unknown reasons. If anyone has heard the details of this rumor, do tell.

Tags: church, Crime, Darlene Sitler, Gregory Eldred, murder shooting, Pennsylvania, teacher

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Sam

The music teacher shoots his ex-wife while she’s playing the organ? What, he had finally had enough of all those bum notes?
come_and_see

Now there’s a SPECIAL kind of Hell for this guy.
James Packard

who’s organ was she playing??
Sam

And in the latest installment of My Fucked Up Brain – i totally thought after reading the headline that she was playing HIS organ and that he was ridiculously hardcore for shooting her while she had ‘hold’ of his little general. That, and that he was doing auto-erotic asphyxiation wrong.
nena454

Now that’s a man who finishes his job and makes sure it’s done right.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=736546181 Michael Heldman

That’s an organ grinder.
tkaz

They’d had enough of his antics but what, figured he shot her once so he wouldn’t dare do it again??
OutOfBubbleGum

For Pennsylvanian church appeal, the remix of the 1812 Overture eliminates the cannons and uses a new percussion instrument called “the handgun.”
newstarshipsmell

I guess he killed her because she’s a lesbian.
Pipsmom06

I would be too if I had ever had to endure boning that guy…
JohnQknowitall

Another responsible gun owner excercising his rights.
JGo555

Wow, another one’s picture for the definition of ASSHOLE.
http://www.facebook.com/timothymatthewmurphy brain_bomb

Whenever my girl threatens to cut her hair, I threaten to shoot her as well. I think we have our motive.
http://www.facebook.com/timothymatthewmurphy brain_bomb

I bet her family will get a sweet deal for her funeral mass as it’s at the same place she was killed.
Snickering x Hydra

I dunno, Starship, that look’s pretty popular with older women these days (it seems to me, at least?)
Now if she had the full shaved head going on or had her hair spiked in front, I could see it. Of course, you could always make the argument that she got tired of the old music teacher and his underperforming…instrument… which consistently flopped during nightly performances.That might have tipped the scales a bit.
Jenn

He went outside for 5 minutes and sat in his truck!? Why didn’t anyone lock the door behind his crazy ass after he left the first time??
Gsweater

“God” works in mysterious ways Lmao!!!!
Gsweater

Because “god” had a plan…
Gsweater

Ya. The kind with pitchforks, demons with cloven feet and horns and . My “hell” is dying with only 40 clean anal virgins that happen to be into fisting and DVDA instead of 100. And I’m a woman. “God, that’s hot!”
Gsweater

Or she could a been into the double dong action with a tuna rinse.. who knows? The dyke is gone.
Gsweater

Get her to bring her friend to bed and have her lick lady bits while you get ur bang on deep up on her friends azz. That’s what me and my man do.
Clyde The Dog

Liberace played the piano great, but he sucked at the organ.
CT

OH come on people. This was funny.
Andyman

Yum. Sounds like fun, can we come over?
Andyman

Meh – legal gun or not either are highly available; illegally obtained ones in particular by criminals.
JohnQknowitall

Please. I said responsible.
Andyman

Which smacked of sarcasm to me hence my comment.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=736546181 Michael Heldman

I just think it’s just one jerkoff having some “fun” with the downvotes.
newstarshipsmell

hint:
Abroad

Yes, the only instruments allowed there are the kazoo and the ukulele
CT

OLDER women? Hmmp. As one who is currently blonded up sporting a fancy newscaster look, I take offense. Walks away mumbling :damn whipper snappers:
CT

Why is this so freaking funny to me?
techsupp0rt

Well that IS interesting!
techsupp0rt

Will he arrive there on the short bus?
http://www.facebook.com/timothymatthewmurphy brain_bomb

ZING!
wtwtwt

Can’t tell if you’re joking or you’re serious
wtwtwt

Wow you guys are so cruel
Snickering x Hydra

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Zazen

I’m surprised no one has questioned why the congregants were only able to find it within themselves to wrest his gun away only after he’d come back and finished the job. Since I’m an insensitive jerk, I’m wasting my time wondering if that’s more of a comment on her musical aptitude.
http://www.truecrimereport.com CallMeMister

The black humorist in me kind of wondered the same thing; did they let him do her in because they thought she was a bitch or played bad?

Seriously though, my guess is the fight left him after he finished the job and he just gave up.
Hellioness

…no it’s not.
Abroad

I’d say the quotation marks give that one away.
Heather4877

I don’t know, I think she looks pretty good for 53. At least she doesn’t have the Older Lady Fro, as my daughter calls it.
Califboy

“but he sucked at the organ” or did you mean “he sucked A organ” ??
Califboy

Good wife, good wife for thinking that way, always have organ on your mind!!!
http://www.facebook.com/QJordon Quintin Jordon

I wonder whose organ she was playing on at church…