Tamara Colbert, a 39-year-old White woman from Enola, Pennsylvania, was found dead in the third-floor bathroom of the home she shared with her husband on Wild Orchid Lane on December 24, 2022. Hampden Township police responded after concern from Christopher Colbert’s family led to a welfare check; Christopher reportedly told his father that Tamara was dead and suggested her fatal injury was self-inflicted.

Officers found Tamara with a gunshot wound to the head. The scene initially appeared staged to support a suicide narrative: a blood-spattered note attributed to Christopher referenced their fighting and denied killing her. Investigators said evidence did not match suicide, later alleging Tamara had been strangled before being shot, and that Christopher had removed bloody clothing and attempted to clean the scene. Christopher was the only other person reported in the home; police said he smelled of alcohol and failed to comply with commands. He claimed the gun discharged during a struggle after an argument, but officers rejected that account and charged him in connection with her death.

There are still unanswered questions about the couple’s recent turmoil, including reported infidelity and alcohol problems that prosecutors say preceded the killing. If anyone knew Tamara or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.