Katherine Kelemen.Photo: Facebook
According to a statement from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, police found Katherine Kelemen, 22, clinging to life inside her bedroom in her parents' Voorhees home Monday morning at around 6:49 a.m.
Responding officers also discovered Katherine’s mother, Sheri, in the same room — alive, but with severe injuries.
In a statement, authorities said Katherine’s father, 57-year-old Gregory Kelemen, attacked his daughter and wife with a baseball bat before fleeing their home.
The Daily Voice,citing a probable cause affidavit, reports that Sheri told detectives she woke up after her husband started striking her with the bat.
At one point during the assault, the attacker cried out, “I can’t take it anymore,” according to the affidavit.
Investigators immediately started searching for Gregory Kelemen. U.S. Marshals also joined the search for him.
On Tuesday at about 11:30 a.m., Voorhees Township Police found Gregory dead in the woods not far from the home.
Kelemen died from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the statement.
Sheri Kelemen remains in critical but stable condition, according to the hospital where she is being treated.
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On Tuesday, Katherine’s remembering her bright and welcoming spirit in touching social media tributes.
One friend, named Darius West, called her “a wonderful soul” that “has been robbed from us too soon.”
Another, Danielle Smith, called Katherine “an amazing young woman,” and wrote that she felt “so lucky to have gotten to share my childhood with you.”
If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at1-800-799-7233, or go tothehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
source: people.com
