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Roger Lee Hanks, of Unionville, Chester County, is accused of shooting and killing his wife, Judith Hanks, and daughter, Emily Hanks, at his East Marlborough Township home in April 2024.
Roger Lee Hanks has a long history with firearms. He was “born with a fishing rod and a gun in his hands,” the 76-year-old who state police allege shot and killed his wife and daughter in his East Marlborough home on Thursday, declared. He was familiar with gunsmithing, owned several firearms, hunted at the Bear Lodge Resort in rural Wyoming, and had even made his own ammunition. An Air Force veteran, Hanks served two tours in Vietnam and worked as a DuPont engineer before becoming a school teacher. “I am the best of the best,” he said in an interview […]
Hanks is now charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of third-degree murder, discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, and possession of a weapon.
Hanks is now charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of third-degree murder, discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, and possession of a weapon.
The names of the deceased and the suspect have not been released and an investigation is continuing, according to a news release issued just before 6 a.m.