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Suspect In Bronx Double Murder Apparently Killed Self In Florida

10/17/2012 09:30:00 By Peter Milosheff, viewed 3,972 times.
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Joseph Kernizan, 42

The manhunt for a suspect wanted in a double murder at a Bronx hotel appears to have come to a deadly end.

Joseph Kernizan, 42, is believed to have shot and killed himself Tuesday night in Miami, FL as authorities closed in on him.

Authorities are awaiting a positive identification of the body.

Kernizan was wanted in the murders of his ex-girlfriend Tracy Bennett, 38, of Elmont and reggae singer Wayne Hamilton, 50, of Milwaukee, WI.

Bennett and Hamilton were shot to death just after 3 a.m. Saturday at the Holiday Motel on the New England Thruway in Eastchester.

Kernizan is the father of Bennett’s two young children and she had taken out a court order of protection against him. He had several previous arrests, including at least one for violating the order of protection.

 

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