Selinsgrove wife killer sentenced to life without parole

Marcia Moore, The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa.
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Mar. 18—MIDDLEBURG — Brad A. Bailor was sentenced Monday to life without parole for fatally shooting his estranged wife nearly two years ago in Selinsgrove.

Bailor was convicted last week of first-degree murder in the April 18, 2022, slaying of Leslie M. Bailor, 32, who died from four gunshot wounds in a South Market Street, Penn Township, home.

While Bailor declined to say anything during Monday's sentencing hearing in Snyder County court, several of Leslie Bailor's relatives spoke about the toll her violent death has had on them.

"Brad belongs in jail. I miss mom," Leslie Bailor's oldest daughter, Samantha Faraday, 12, told the court as she clutched a stuffed animal.

Bailor stared straight ahead as Leslie Bailor's twin sister, Alysha Hannon, of Mount Carmel, spoke about his "unforgivable, evil crime" and the anguish she has endured since her death.

Referring to Bailor's mental health defense and her own mental health struggles, Hannon said, mental illness "is not an excuse" and implored Bailor sitting a few feet away to look at her.

"I want you to look at my face. I want you to see Leslie," Hannon said, turning toward Bailor who did not react.

At the start of the hearing, defense attorney Jasmin Smith told the court that "any lack of reaction is not disinterest," but is due to the medications for a bipolar disorder Bailor has been taking while in Snyder County jail since his arrest nearly two years ago.

Leslie Bailor's mother, Nadine Hannon, of South Carolina, and maternal grandmother, Jane Hannon, of Bear Creek Township, spoke about the trauma of her murder and being estranged from her three youngest children who they said are now in the custody of Brad Bailor's mother, Jane Hubbert, of Millmont.

Samantha Faraday said she not only misses her mother, but "I can't see my siblings."

"You destroyed so many lives," Nadine Hannon said tearfully as she described her daughter as a talented musician and artist who enjoyed driving school bus and was looking forward to becoming a big rig driver.

"Brad took my daughter. The sun has lost some of its shine for me," she said.

Senior Judge Harold F. Woelfel Jr. presided over the non-jury trial and delivered the guilty verdict, which also included convictions for third-degree murder and possession of instruments of a crime.

He noted at sentencing that Brad Bailor had a prior conviction of simple assault stemming from a domestic dispute.

"The best predictor of the future is the past," Woelfel said as he imposed the mandatory life sentence without parole.