Chilling Texts & Habits of Former Trooper Accused of Killing Ex’s New Man Revealed: Police

Per The Citizen’s Voice, 27-year-old William Hunter Snyder (pictured) has been charged with authorized homicide associated to the January 22 capturing lack of lifetime of John Rabbitz Jr. The sufferer was a member of the Pennsylvania Navy Nationwide Guard.

In step with the authorized grievance, Snyder confirmed as a lot as Rabbitz’s residence merely sooner than 5:30pm remaining Tuesday, knocking on the door, sooner than firing various photos on the sufferer, who was hit twice inside the chest. The sufferer was ready to call 911; whereas he knowledgeable responding officers that he didn’t acknowledge the one who shot him, he named “Hunter Snyder” when requested if anyone wished to hurt him.

When requested why, he acknowledged the two had factors “over a woman.” Rabbitz died shortly after paramedics took him from the scene for remedy.

Rabbitz was apparently properly aware of Synder’s relating to conduct principal as a lot because the capturing — because the earlier trooper had allegedly been in communication with the sufferer’s girlfriend, who Snyder dated for a few month in October 2024, sooner than the incident.

Messages inside the grievance by way of The Customary Speaker confirmed Snyder allegedly began sending texts and Snapchats to the girl on Sunday, telling her his life was “meaningless” with out her.

“I do know you miss me, and I do know you proceed to like me,” he allegedly wrote. “You miss me. Your connection is highly effective(er) than one thing I’ve ever felt, and I do know you’re feeling the equivalent means. Selfishly and unselfishly, I’m the simplest issue for you and I’d do each little factor to indicate that. We under no circumstances had a single issue. You could be my one particular person. I’m crazy I do know. Nonetheless you could be my soulmate. We truly belong collectively.”

When she knowledgeable him, “Hunter, I’m unable to,” he allegedly wrote once more, “Why can’t you? You’ll be able to do one thing! You perceive it in your coronary coronary heart. You perceive I’m your particular person. I’m your human. We’re meant for lots further. You acknowledged you’ve received been questioning why you ran away … because of you perceive it was a mistake.”

He moreover reportedly texted her saying, “Nothing is ever going to stop me from pursuing you. How am I supposed to stay nice when daily with out you drags me deeper into darkness?”

Snyder’s ex and Rabbitz then put in security cameras at their properties, one amongst which allegedly caught Snyder dropping off a espresso press at her place on January 17, merely days sooner than the capturing.

Snyder was arrested on January 22, arraigned the following day, and is in the mean time being held with out bail ahead of a March 7 preliminary listening to.

State police did confirm Snyder was a trooper, together with that his employment led to Would possibly 2023.

He has beforehand been charged with stalking and harassment, with The Customary Speaker reporting he allegedly tried contacting one different ex by way of phone, textual content material and faux social media accounts higher than 100 situations after they broke up. After he made a provide to her residence in 2023, he was charged with harassment.

He was reportedly given probation and ordered to pay $1,144 in fines.