Divorced Couple Die in Murder-Suicide

A divorced couple from two of Philadelphia’s most prominent families had a confrontation in Haverford, Pa., that ended with the man shooting his ex-wife to death, then killing himself, police said. Mark Hampton Biddle, 49, an Ardmore lawyer who lived in St. Davids, was found dead outside the rear entrance of his former wife’s suburban home with a .38-caliber revolver by his side, police said. He had shot himself in the head, police said. Melinda Clothier Biddle, 41, had multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead on arrival at Bryn Mawr Hospital.