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Kelly Detar

Case from Sewickley, PA dated Apr 22, 2016

Victim Details

Kelly Detar

Female

White / Caucasian

Sewickley

PA

2016-04-22

40

Kelly

Detar

06/21/2026

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In the quiet community of Sewickley Township, Pennsylvania, a devastating series of events unfolded on April 22, 2016, ending in the tragic death of 40-year-old Kelly Detar. A mother and a manager at the Rillton Veterans of Foreign Wars club, she was found deceased in her home on Scott Haven Road from gunshot wounds to the head. Her death was officially ruled a homicide following an autopsy.

The primary suspect in her death was her 38-year-old husband, Anthony Detar. After Kelly's body wa ...
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  • PennLive.com: Pa. man sought in wife's death kills self after police stop vehicle
  • Woman Shot & Killed In Westmoreland Co., Man Later Kills Self
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