Madeline Spatafore shot dead by husband, Ryan Hosso at their Seven Fields, Butler County residence before taking his own life. Couple had been high school sweethearts and had married less than 2 years ago. She was ascending, he appeared not to be…
A 26-year-old man shot his newly wedded wife, multiple times, Tuesday morning at their Butler County residence before fatally turning the murder weapon on himself at a field less than two miles away, Pennsylvania State Police said.
Madeline Spatafore, 25, was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside a residence on Graywyck Drive in Seven Fields after her husband, Ryan Hosso, 26, called his parents around 1:15 a.m. and confessed to killing his wife, according to Trooper Bertha Cazy, state police public information officer.
Northern Regional Police received the call from Hosso’s parents, who reported their son had admitted to killing his physician assistant wife and was in a wooded area threatening suicide, Cazy said according to WTAE.
Butler County couple were barely married two years
Officers responded to the home and discovered Spatafore dead inside. Police then used thermal drones to locate Hosso’s body in the woods in neighboring Cranberry Township. The husband was determined to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound the Cranberry Eagle reported.
Northern Regional Police Department Chief Bryan DeWick said the incident appears to be domestic in nature and involved a husband and wife. He confirmed there is no ongoing threat to public safety.
The couple tied the knot in Ohio in September 2024, according to their wedding registry.
They both graduated from Seneca Valley High School in Harmony, Pennsylvania — just 10 miles outside their home in Seven Fields, a borough of Butler. It was there that the couple had met and become highschool sweethearts.
No known murder motive
Spatafore graduated from high school in 2019 and then attended Duquesne University. She graduated summa cum laude with a degree in health services in 2023.
It’s unclear if or where Hosso went to college. He previously worked as a mechanical engineer at Vavco, a Pittsburgh-based engineering firm for the oil and gas industry, according to his LinkedIn.
The owner of Vavco told WPXI that Hasso hadn’t worked for the company in three or four years.
Police have not released a motive in the murder-suicide. An investigation is ongoing.
