Crime & Safety

Man, Woman Found Dead in Fogelsville Home

A man and woman were found dead in a Fogelsville home Thursday and police are investigating

A man and woman were found dead in a home at 1280 Church St., Fogelsville on Thursday morning and police are investigating, according to multiple reports.

Investigator Peter Nickischer of confirmed the department is investigating an incident on Church Street in conjunction with the Lehigh County District Attorney's office.

"We aren't releasing anything else at this time," he said.

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The home is owned by Adrienne Snelling, the wife of lifelong Republican activist Charles D. Snelling, according to Lehigh County property records. It's a well-kept, tan ranch that sits on a hill across the street from farmland and near  .

Currently, a guard from Security Guards Inc. is protecting the house from the bottom of the driveway. When asked who hired him, he said, "I don't know anything about it, and that's the way I like it."

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There are about six cars at the top of driveway by the house. It appears police have left the scene.

A deputy coroner told the Morning Call that the identity of the victims will not be released until next of kin are notified. Autopsies will be performed Friday morning.

Authorities were called to the home around 9 a.m., according to police.

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