Mandie Reusch, 35, was charged with assisted suicide and harassment, Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Chicarelli mentioned Tuesday. The prison grievance filed by state police incorporates troubling particulars about messages Reusch allegedly wrote to 37-year-old Kevin Metzger within the days earlier than his loss of life.

“If this data had not influenced and inspired Mr. Metzger to take his personal life, Mr. Metzger would possibly nonetheless be right here at present,” Ciccarelli mentioned in an announcement. When the sufferer took his personal life, it lastly stopped. “

According to the grievance, Reusch and Metzger have a daughter, Penn Live reported. In May 2021, Metzger was present process army coaching when Roisch reportedly texted him that she was transferring in with one other man and that he wouldn’t see their youngsters once more. “For the sake of the kid, I hope you really kill your self,” Reusch was accused. “It can be higher if she didn’t even know you.”

Reusch was warned to cease sending messages to Metzger after he lodged a grievance with the Irwin Police Department. On June 3, 2021, she was charged with harassment, however the costs have been dropped following Metzger’s loss of life 15 days later.

After Metzger died at his residence, investigators uncovered a letter and Facebook posts detailing secret messages Roisch allegedly despatched him. A 2020 message reportedly learn: “Go kill your self. You’re not an actual (expletive) individual.” The notice additionally reportedly referenced a purported $250,000 insurance coverage coverage.

Two days earlier than Father’s Day in June 2021, a good friend of Metzger’s advised police they couldn’t attain him and requested them to do a welfare examine. That’s when state police discovered his physique. Police say Reusch repeatedly advised Metzger she wouldn’t let her daughter see him on Father’s Day.

On the identical day his good friend filed for the profit examine, Butcher Reusch mentioned he was posting about her on-line and contacted one other good friend, asking them to “make certain the entire world is aware of about it,” in accordance to authorities.

Reusch failed to submit his $150,000 bond after he was arraigned Tuesday, in accordance to on-line courtroom paperwork. She was taken to the Westmoreland County Jail for an preliminary listening to on June 27.

“Our condolences to the Metzger household’s loss and the grief they’ve skilled following his passing,” Ziccarelli mentioned. “We is not going to enable or condone such egregious habits.”