Thursday, December 8, 2011
David Rapoport admitted to killing Jennifer Snyder in March.
David Rapoport, the former Lower Macungie married veterinarian accused in the slaying of his pregnant girlfriend, Jennifer Snyder, today pleaded guilty to killing her and their unborn son in Lehigh County Court, according to Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin. An autopsy determined that Snyder, 27, of Lower Macungie, was in her first trimester of pregnancy and that the fetus was a boy. DNA tests later determined that Rapoport was the father of the unborn child, Martin said in a release. Martin said he would not pursue the death penalty, and that Rapoport's plea agreement called for life in prison on both counts of murder. Rapoport, 30, of Lansdale, will spend the rest of his life in prison. Rapoport, represented by attorneys John …
Friday, June 10, 2011
David Rapoport, however, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday.
Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said Friday he would seek the death penalty for David Rapoport, the married veterinarian who has been charged with shooting his girlfriend, Jennifer Snyder, and their unborn child to death in March. As his mother, Nancy Rapoport, sat quietly sobbing for the duration of the proceeding, David Rapoport pleaded not guilty at his formal arraignment before Judge Robert L. Steinberg. Steinberg read the two charges which include criminal homicide of Snyder, the veterinary technician with whom he worked for several years, with a 9mm handgun in the head and back. This charge warrants the death penalty, Steinberg said. The second charge is criminal homicide of an unborn child. The charges are aggravated by …
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
David Rapoport's arraignment has been scheduled for June 10.
David Rapoport, the veterinarian who stands accused of killing his pregnant lover, Jennifer Snyder, in March, made a brief appearance in Lehigh County Courtroom 1C Thursday to waive his preliminary hearing. He will be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. June 10 in Lehigh County Courtroom 4A before Judge Robert Steinberg. He plans to plead not guilty, his lawyers said. Wearing faded navy blue prison issue and with hands and feet shackled, Rapoport shuffled into court and sat between lawyers John "Jake" Griffin of Philadelphia and Allentown's John Waldron. Four rows along one side of the gallery were packed with Snyder's family, all of whom wore purple lapel ribbons. On the other side of the room, Rapoport's father, Jeff, sat alone. After signing the …
Mary Anne Looby
8:31 pm on Thursday, December 8, 2011
This is a terrible thing. Two familes destroyed and for what? A couple of rolls in the hay. Single women use your brains, family men rarely leave. Find someone who is not attached. more ›