Woman Killed By Ex-Husband In Montco Murder-Suicide: Authorities

LOWER MORELAND TOWNSHIP, PA — A man fatally shot his ex-wife and turned the gun on himself, authorities said Sunday, noting their bodies were found in the walk-in closet of a Lower Moreland Township home.

Durdona Sultanova, 43, was killed Saturday by Al Allaberg, 44, at the residence in the 400 block of Carson Terrace in the Huntingdon Valley area, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele and Lower Moreland Township Police Chief David Scirrotto announced in a news release. Allaberg then killed himself, according to authorities.

Police responded shortly after 4:30 p.m. to the scene, following a 911 call from two young residents of the home, authorities said, adding law enforcement arrived to find the bodies in a primary bedroom closet.

Sultanova was shot multiple times in the chest and Allaberg was shot in the head, according to authorities, who said Montgomery County Coroner's Office forensic pathologist Dr. Ian Hood determined the manners of death to be homicide and suicide, respectively.