Upper Gwynedd Resident and Veterinarian Charged With Homicide in Shooting Death of Lower Macungie Woman

An Upper Gwynedd resident and veterinarian at Harleysville Veterinary Hospital has been arraigned today and charged with homicide in the shooting death of pregnant veterinary technician Jennifer Snyder, who was found dead in the woods near Trexler’s Nature Preserve last Friday.

Pennsylvania State Police at Bethlehem have said they will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. today regarding this incident.

This report says David A. Rapoport, 30, of the 1200 block of Browning Court, in the Gwynedale development of Upper Gwynedd, is being charged with the death of both Snyder and her unborn child.

Rapoport and Snyder worked together at Maple Hills Veterinary Hospital, but Rapoport left that practice about a year ago, said Hilary Schiavone, Snyder's friend, coworker and roommate.

Rapoport's arrest "makes sense to me and to everybody here," Schiavone said, though she would only say that he worked there for two years and left a year ago because his contract was up and he wanted to work closer to his Lansdale home.

"He was very quiet," Schiavone said, "He was the shy, nerdy, studious type."

A website for Harleysville Vet Hospital says a vet named David Rapoport went to work there in 2010. A biography of Rapoport posted on the website says the vet lives in Lansdale with his wife and two beagles.

The bio further gives his background as "Dr. Rapoport grew up in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. in biology and Spanish from Muhlenberg College in 2002. Following graduation, he worked as a research specialist for the University of Pennsylvania department of neurobiology before attending veterinary school. He earned his V.M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008 and immediately began his veterinary career in general practice before joining Harleysville Veterinary Hospital in the summer of 2010."