Man Arrested, Suspected of Killing Woman and Infant
By: Nate Potter
Updated: March 29, 2010
BRADFORD, MCKEAN COUNTY - Police charged a 38-year-old man with the murder of a 24-year-old woman and her three and a half week old daughter.
Waide Nolf, 38, 56 Pleasant St., was charged with the murders on Saturday, March 27th. He's accused of murdering Tonya Haight, 24, and Tamara Height, 3.5 weeks old.
Police said there were six adults living in the house, and they were all home at the time of the murder.
Police said that Nolf admitted to pushing Haight into the bathtub, turning on the faucet and holding her head under the water until she died. She was holding her infant daughter in her arms at the time, and she also died.
Someone in the house called 911, and when police got there they said Haight was lying on the bathroom floor, and the baby was in the kitchen.
Nolf was charged with criminal homicide on Saturday. He's in the McKean County Jail, being held without bail.
*The picture of Waide Nolf is courtesy of The Bradford Era
