Susan Murphy-Milano...

Going through a bitter divorce, Dr. John Yelenic had a feeling that someone he knew would try to have him killed. On Thursday, more than a year since the dentist's death shocked his small Indiana County neighborhood, a statewide grand jury investigation alleged that Yelenic's fears were right.

Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Kevin Foley, who investigators say was dating Yelenic's estranged wife, is being charged with homicide by Attorney General Tom Corbett's office. He was expected to be arraigned and taken to jail .

"It is extremely difficult to have to arrest a member of the law enforcement community, but as in any case, we follow the evidence wherever it leads," Corbett said.

Yelenic, 39, was found dead inside his Blairsville home on April 13, 2006, having suffered injuries from what the county coroner said appeared to be a violent struggle. The coroner ruled the case a homicide.

At the time, Foley, 42, of Indiana, was working criminal investigations at the state police barracks in Indiana. The grand jury found that he "had a well-known hatred for Dr. Yelenic" and often talked about it, Corbett said.

Yelenic died of blood loss from multiple cuts, according to Corbett. Family members have said the dentist was found with his throat cut.

Bloody shoeprints found at the scene matched the kind of sneaker that Foley bought from the Asics company, according to the grand jury indictment.

A fellow trooper testified to the grand jury that Foley always wore Asics shoes but began wearing different brands after Yelenic's death.

Also, state police investigators found a sample under Yelenic's fingernail that matched Foley's DNA, according to the grand jury.

Yelenic had offered to pay his attorney to investigate in the event that he was found dead because he was sure that his wife, Michelle, was going to have him killed by her state trooper boyfriend, according to the grand jury indictment.

"The victim felt that because of Kevin Foley's influence, his murder would be covered up," an affidavit said.

Police said Yelenic was found dead the day before he was supposed to sign and notarize papers to finalize divorce proceedings that began in 2002.

Even after his death, Yelenic's family said they wanted to go through with the divorce because they said it's what he would have wanted.

For a while, the couple shared custody of their son, until Michele Yelenic accused John Yelenic of molesting the boy. Those charges were later deemed unfounded.

Michele Yelenic also filed a protection from abuse order in 2005.

State and Blairsville police handed the case over to the attorney general's office when it was discovered that Michelle Yelenic was romantically involved with Foley.