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Charles Roberts and Marie Welk Marriage Profile

By Sheri & Bob Stritof, About.com

Both the nation and Charles Roberts' wife and family are trying to understand his motives for killing young girls on October 2, 2006 in an Amish schoolhouse shooting in rural Pennsylvania.

Here's information about his marriage to Marie Lynn Welk.

Born:

Charles Carl Roberts IV: About 1974.

Marie Lynn Welk: Information unknown.

Died:

Charles Roberts: October 2, 2006 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, by suicide.

Wedding Date:

November 9, 1996.

Charles Roberts and Marie Welk were married in Ronks, Pennsylvania at the Highview Church of God.

Children:

Charles and Marie have three children, ages 7, 5, and 1.

A premature baby daughter, Elise Victoria Roberts, who was born in November 1997, died 20 minutes after her birth.

Occupation:

Charles Roberts: Milk truck driver.

Residence:

Charles and Marie Roberts lived in a motorhome in Bart Township, Pennsylvania.

Quotes:

Marie Roberts, about Charles: "The man that did this today was not the Charlie I've been married to for almost 10 years. My husband was loving, supportive, thoughtful. All the things you'd always want and more. He was an exceptional father."
Source: CNN.com

Marie Roberts, about Charles as a father: “He never said ‘no’ when I asked him to change a diaper.”
Source: Lancasteronline.com

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