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Todd S. Warner was in the process of being charged with murder and unlawful weapon possession Tuesday, following the Sunday evening slaying of his parents, Frank and Joyanne Warner, Warren County Prosecutor Richard T. Burke said during a news conference Tuesday.
Warner, 50, was being held in Pennsylvania pending extradition, Burke said.
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Frank and Joy's bodies were found by their daughter and her husband who had stopped by their Washington Township home after calls went unanswered, LehighValleyLive reports.
The pair saw Frank's body through the window. His head was covered with plastic and he had blood around his head and chest, reports say.
The couple called police, who forced entry into the home after 5:45 p.m., and found Joy's body in a bedroom, authorities said.
Todd S. Warner told authorities he struck his parents with baseball bats then tried suffocating them, before using a kitchen knife and stabbed them to death, Court affidavits from the Warren County Prosecutor's Office.
He apparently used to bats on his mother after the first one broke, court documents say.
Authorities traced the silver Kia Soul missing from the Warner's house to the Parx Casino in Bensalem, PA, where a transaction on Frank Warner's credit card had been made, authorities said.
Pennsylvania State Police identified Warner on the casino's surveillance cameras before pulling him backwards from a card table while he was playing blackjack around 4 p.m. Monday, LehighValleyLive reports.
Frank and Joyanne Warner, who were high school sweethearts, were being remembered as an extraordinary couple and inspiring owners of Frank Anthony Salon in Chester.
The two were planning to retire in December, family members said.
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