article_snippet: Authorities had been married for three years.
article_snippet: their children did not see what happened, Lancaster Online reported.
article_snippet: Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman called the situation 'awful' and 'chilling', the Huffington Post reported.
article_snippet: Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman said: 'The timing makes it worse. '
article_snippet: Then you put kids in the mix and it makes it even more difficult. '
article_snippet: Christmas for them is ruined forever.