CIA spy shot himself in head in front of wife who later found sex toys and guns: 'Husband planned to kill me'
WASHINGTON, DC: A top CIA spy killed himself while in front of his wife whom he had wanted to take to the "afterlife". The wife later found a stash of bondage and S&M gear along with many sex toys, guns and ammunition inside their home, NY Post reveals. Anthony Schinella, 52, who was the national intelligence officer for military issues, shot himself in the head while outside his Arlington home on June 14.
However, US officials have not said anything about his suicide while the CIA conducted a probe into his death, the Intercept reported. According to a Virginia medical examiner's report, Schinella's cause of death was listed as suicide from a gunshot wound to the head. Schinella's wife, Sara Corcoran, had married him just weeks before the incident had taken place. Sara shared that she was in her car in the driveway trying to get away from Schinella when she saw him take his own life. Schinella had been a few weeks away from retiring at the time of the incident. After his death, an FBI liaison to the CIA entered Schinella's home, took away his passports, his secure phone, and also searched through his belongings, Sara revealed.
Schinella had been the highest-ranking military affairs analyst in the US intelligence community. He was also a member of the National Intelligence Council which is responsible for producing the intelligence community's analytical reports which go to POTUS as well as other top policymakers. Sara spoke to The Sun and said, "My husband was planning on murdering me. He had talked about taking me to the afterlife before. We would often watch documentaries on Egypt, the Valley of the Kings and pharaohs. He had a love of Egypt, he spent a great deal of time in the Middle East, he spent several years living in Bahrain."
Sara revealed how Schinella had been suffering from major stress after being involved in four wars. She also shared how she believes that Schinella was planning on blowing up their home. "I went back in the house a few days later to see what he was doing with the stove. He was dismantling it, he only had to let gas run for about half-hour, 45 minutes, light a match, the whole house would have blown up," she said. She spoke about how she had offered to spend a night in the basement and look after the couple's new kitten right before Schinella killed himself. He reportedly prepped the bed by putting many odd items such as Chinese zodiac cards, handcuffs and a collection of his wife's love letters on his bedside table.
"To have those three things together, you’re only going to sit there and kind of go through all of the notes I’ve ever written to you if you’re getting ready to leave this world," she said. "He pulled out a Glock and threatened to kill himself for two hours. I was trying to talk him out of it. It was a traumatic ordeal. I was only fearful he was going to kill me when he started asking me about my grandfather," referring to Thomas G Corcoran, an adviser in President Franklin Roosevelt. "I didn’t call 911 at first because I was afraid he would shoot himself and me. I ran out with no shoes on, I was absolutely terrified. So he comes out, he’s pulling on the car handle yelling. He is frantic. He tried to smash the back window, which I’d heard is the weaker spot. He had a gun and could have shot me in the back of the head."
Schinella then shot himself in the head. "I’ve never heard a gunshot that loud before, I’m going to need therapy for the rest of my life. He was so upset that I’d escaped. I put the car in park, screaming, I knocked on the neighbors’ door and called 911. He was pronounced dead on the scene." Sara said that she had no idea about the sex toys either and added, "I let my husband have so much privacy as he worked at the CIA, I didn’t know anything, I didn’t even know about the bondage. I feel just traumatized, it’s been a little over two months. At first, I had all these dreams of spies killing me for, for weeks on end, I’ve lost like 15 pounds. The stress is overwhelming."