Natalie Peleschak, 55, was shot and killed inside her home on South Center Street in Frackville just after midnight on October 4, 2025. Police and state troopers were dispatched at 12:06 a.m.; the Schuylkill County coroner pronounced her dead from multiple gunshot wounds. Officers found her husband, Andrew Peleschak, 56, outside near the garage with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and he was taken into custody and flown to Geisinger Medical Center for treatment.

Investigators recovered ammunition at the scene, including .45-caliber pistol magazines, and opened a homicide probe. Charging documents and local reports say the initial 911 call came from a man who said he had killed his wife and tried to shoot himself. Andrew J. Peleschak was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and third-degree murder, plus related assault and endangerment counts; he was arraigned while the investigation continued. Early accounts varied on whether Natalie was transported before dying, but the coroner’s finding and subsequent updates consistently describe her death as a criminal homicide.

Did anyone in Frackville see or hear anything around midnight on October 4 that could help investigators?