REMEMBER Chelda
Chelda Joseph
32 YEARS OLD ·
Greenacres,
Florida
Chelda Joseph was a 32-year-old mother of two young daughters and a Certified Nursing Assistant. Public memorial messages following her death remembered her with love and expressed how deeply she would be missed.
Chelda lived in Greenacres, Florida, with her husband and their two young daughters. She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant. Chelda and Hugh Jeantinor had been married since approximately 2008. Her obituary and public memorial messages reflect the loss felt by those who knew her, with friends remembering her and expressing that she would be missed.
THE RECORD
On January 30, 2017, Chelda Joseph was found fatally shot inside her Greenacres home. Shortly afterward, Hugh Jeantinor called his brother from the Blue Heron Bridge and confessed that he had killed Chelda. Authorities said Jeantinor then fatally shot himself and fell from the bridge.
RELATIONSHIP CONTEXT
Husband
Chelda and Hugh Jeantinor had been experiencing marital problems for approximately seven months. According to Jeantinor's brother, Chelda had decided to leave the relationship and told her husband that she planned to leave by the end of the month. The night before her death, Chelda called 911 to report that her husband was threatening her.
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LEGAL / SYSTEM RESPONSE
Chelda contacted law enforcement the night before her death and reported that her husband was threatening her. On the following day, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the couple's home after receiving a call requesting help and found Chelda deceased. Jeantinor died by suicide shortly afterward, so there was no criminal prosecution.
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