Seth Techel shot and killed his pregnant wife with a shotgun apparently so that he could continue an extramarital affair, Wapello County officials alleged in court documents released Thursday.
Techel is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife, Lisa Techel, a 23-year-old reserve Wapello County Sheriff’s deputy who was pregnant with her first child when she died Saturday. Seth Techel also faces the charge of nonconsensual termination of a human pregnancy.
The criminal complaint against Techel alleges Techel was having an extramarital affair with a woman named Rachel McFarland. Friday, a day before Lisa Techel’s slaying, Seth Techel apparently told his wife “that he was not happy with their marriage.”
Seth Techel told police that he was taking a shower early Saturday when he heard a loud noise. He exited the shower to find Lisa Techel with a gunshot wound.
Detectives found no evidence Lisa Techel’s wounds were self-inflicted or that an intruder entered the house, court documents allege.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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