His wife’s body was found wrapped in a red blanket and a gray, U-Haul moving blanket, according to a police affidavit.  A piece of plastic was wrapped around her mid-section and the red blanket.
Trace blood evidence was found throughout their Hempfield home, according to a criminal complaint. It is being tested.
Police also seized a pair of muddy boots and clothing from a bag in the freezer in the basement of the home.
Also in the bag was two burned drivers’ licenses, one belonging to the victim. The other was burned beyond recognition.
The bag contained Stahl’s burned identification card from Derry Area School District, where she was a sixth-grade math teacher, and burned family photographs belonging to the victim, the complaint said.
Stahl told police he argued with his wife on the morning of Feb. 18 and then he went drinking from noon to 7 p.m., the affidavit said.
He said he returned home that evening and they had a minor argument before he went out again to the Whitney Social Club. He insisted to police he had nothing to do with her death.
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