Md. Nonprofit Worker Accused of Theft Kills Executive’s Wife

The spouse of an executive at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Bethesda, Md., was killed Tuesday by an employee of the charity who had been accused of stealing office equipment, according to The Washington Post. Police said Andrew Racca fatally shot himself after killing Carolyn Mattingly in her Potomac, Md., home.

Mr. Racca drove to the house a day after managers at the charity confronted him about the alleged theft of computer gear, police said. C. Richard Mattingly, the foundation’s chief operating officer, was not at home. Ms. Mattingly had burns and there had been a small fire in her garage, but detectives are awaiting autopsy results before declaring a cause of death.

Authorities said there was no evidence of another connection between Mr. Racca, the nonprofit’s director of network operations, and Ms. Mattingly, a former chair of the Maryland Commission for Women whom friends said was charitably active in her own right. “This is a senseless and tragic event. There doesn’t appear to be any reason for her to have died,” said Capt. Paul Starks, a Montgomery County, Md., police spokesman.