Suspected superintendent killer charged

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HARRISONBURG, Va., Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A Virginia man accused of driving to New York and killing a man he believed was his wife's lover faced a second-degree murder charge Saturday, authorities said.

Chautauqua County (N.Y.) Sheriff Joseph Gerace said a handgun investigators found in Anthony Robert Taglianetti II's car may have been used to kill Clymer School Superintendent Keith L. Reed Jr. last week. Gerace said forensic tests were being done on the gun.

Taglianetti was arrested Friday afternoon near Shenandoah Valley National Park in Virginia, where authorities believe he had been camping the past several days, The Buffalo News reported.

Along with the gun, investigators found printed copies of emails between Taglianetti's wife and Reed, including one described as "intimate," in the car, a law enforcement source told the News.

Taglianetti, a 42-year-old ex-Marine and married father of four from Woodbridge, allegedly thought Reed was having an affair with his wife Mary Jenks Taglianetti, who has ties to Saratoga County, N.Y.

Reed had met Taglianetti's wife online, possibly while estranged from Taglianetti, the News said.

Authorities believe Reed, a divorced father of three daughters was killed Sept. 21. His body was found three days later in a grassy area of his property.

He had been scheduled to attend a school superintendents conference in Saratoga Springs the weekend after he was shot, the News said, adding it was unclear whether he had intended to meet Mary Taglianetti there.

She called Chautauqua County authorities Wednesday to say she believed her husband had killed Reed, the newspaper said.