A North Carolina husband confessed to killing his wife and his plans to take his own life on social media after he caught his wife cheating.
George Lesniak, 63, wrote on a Facebook page he was the sole administrator of that he had killed his wife, Cathleen Lesniak, 59, on Saturday night.
‘My wife admitted to cheating on me, so I killed her. I’m about to kill myself,’ he wrote in a now-deleted post on the ADAS Support group at around 6pm, according to the NC Beat.
‘Figure this group out for yourselves.’
Within three minutes of the post going live, Fuquay-Varina police were dispatched to Lesniak’s home in response to reports of a shooting.
George Lesniak, 63, made a chilling confession on a Facebook group he moderated
He said that his wife of 34 years, Cathleen, admitted to cheating on him
The now-deleted post included a confession that he killed his wife and was going to kill himself
When officers arrived, they found Cathleen dead from a gunshot wound and George dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
‘This incident is deeply tragic and we urge the community to keep the family in their thoughts,’ the Fuquay-Varina Police Department wrote on social media.
The couple had been married for 34 years, the Raleigh News & Observer reports.
George’s last public post on his personal Facebook page in early December showed him dancing with and kissing his wife.
George’s last public post on his personal Facebook page in early December showed him dancing with and kissing his wife.
When officers arrived at the home, they found Cathleen dead from a gunshot wound and George dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He had worked as vice president of training for Autel Automotive Intelligence USA and ran the Facebook group for professionals who adjust sensors and camera’s in a car’s Advanced Driver Assistance System to monitor its surroundings.
Cathleen was employed as a technical production manager at Advance Auto Parts.
Autel posted a short statement about the tragedy on Sunday, writing: ‘We are deeply saddened by the tragic events that occurred at the Lesniak residence on January 18.
‘We at Autel express our heartfelt condolences to the Lesniak family and friends.’