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A married veterinarian, furious over his mistress's pregnancy, shot the woman three times before dumping her body in a nature preserve, according to police.
David Rapoport, 30, of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, allegedly shot Jennifer Snyder, 27, once in the back and twice in the head.
Her body was discovered in woodland in the Trexler Nature Preserve, near Allentown, last week. An autopsy determined she was two months pregnant with a boy.
Lovers: David Rapoport, left, is accused of shooting dead his mistress, Jennifer Snyder, right, who was two months pregnant with his child
When questioned by police, Rapoport initially denied any recent contact with Miss Snyder but later acknowledged having a relationship with her and not wanting his wife Elizabeth to find out about the baby.
Bullet casings from the scene matched a gun officers recovered from Rapoport's vehicle, Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin said.
According to court documents, police believe Rapoport killed Miss Snyder before dumping her blood-soaked car behind a professional building about two miles from where the woman's body was found.
Work: Rapoport was a veterinarian at Harleysville Veterinary Hospital but had met Snyder when they both worked at Maple Hills Veterinary Hospital
She had been doused in bleach and wrapped in a blanket and rubbish bags bound with duct tape.
CCTV video from the building appears to show Rapoport getting out of Miss Snyder's vehicle on the day he allegedly killed her and tossing a bottle of bleach into a bin nearby, police said.
Blood-spattered duct tape and a handgun were recovered from Rapoport's vehicle, they added.
Woodland: Trexler Nature Preserve where Snyder¿s body was discovered last week
More than a year before the killing, Rapoport, his wife and Snyder had an altercation at a shopping centre, according to the Allentown Morning Call.
Mrs Rapoport had seen her husband leaving their home with another woman in his minivan at about 2am and decided to follow them.
The couple drove less than a mile to the shopping centre car park in Lansdale.
Mrs Rapoport got out of her car, walked up to the van and hit her husband several times, police said.
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ShareShe then grabbed Snyder by the arm causing both to fall. Mrs Rapoport later pleaded guilty to harassment in court.
Mrs Snyder had been enraged that her husband had lied to her about ending his relationship with Snyder, a younger woman he had met and worked with previously at Maple Hills Veterinary Hospital in Lower Macungie, according to the police report.
Rapoport and his wife had spent time apart after the affair was out in the open but were trying to work out their differences, friends told The Morning Call.
'It was over and then it wasn't over,' one of the friends said. 'They were going to give it another try.'
Mrs Rapoport had even discussed having a party to celebrate their 'new beginning'.
Snyder's roommate told investigators that Rapoport and Snyder had stopped speaking to each other because of the pregnancy but had recently reconciled.
She added Snyder had left her apartment in Lower Macungie on Wednesday 16 March and was planning to meet Rapoport.
She wasn't seen after that and was reported missing after she failed to show up for an obstetrician appointment the next morning morning.
Rapoport has been charged with homicide and homicide of an unborn child and held without bail.
Mr Martin said it was too early to say if he would seek the death penalty in the case.
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